Greg Hickok

In this engaging dialogue, Greg Hickok, a distinguished professor at UC Irvine and a leading voice in language neuroscience, delves into his new book. He shares insights on how language evolved through the modification of existing neural systems rather than invention. Hickok discusses the dual visual and language streams, the role of the dorsal stream in speech production, and introduces the Sylvian parietal temporal area as a critical hub for speech. He also highlights the bilateral nature of phonological processing, challenging conventional views on language lateralization.