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Stanford · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainLanguage & linguisticsUniversity lectures & courses

What it is

Robert Sapolsky's Stanford lecture on language, comparing human and animal communication, ape language projects like Koko and Kanzi, and how language is acquired. It is part of his human behavioral biology course.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it, and the whole course, for understanding the brain and language acquisition.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend Sapolksy’s lecture on this”

    Sapolsky on language acquisition and the brain

    i2shar, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear”

  2. “is a good watch”

    Sapolsky discusses ape language projects, Koko and Kanzi

    nerfhammer, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in “Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think”

  3. “If you want to understand better how the brain works, I really recommend watching the whole course.”

    Brain encoding of second languages; whole course recommended

    SlySherZ, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “I woke up unable to speak English”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sapolsky, language acquisition, animal communication, neuroscience, stanford

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