![]() The depths of the central sulcus (CS) following the motor cortex and of the superior temporal sulcus (STS) have been quantified in both hemispheres in each subject using semi-automatic procedures from the free software BrainVisa. T1-weighted anatomical images were acquired in vivo in 96 olive baboons (Papio anubis) at the Centre IRMf (Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone) from anesthetized baboons housed in social groups at the Station de Primatologie CNRS. The aim of the present study is to investigate the neuroanatomical asymmetries of some of these key-cortical regions for language in an non-hominidae Old World monkey species. Similarly to humans, leftward asymmetries of the planum temporale (Gannon et al., 1998 Hopkins & Nir, 2010) and rightward asymmetries of the superior temporal sulcus (Leroy et al., 2015) have been documented in chimpanzees, but not in non-hominidae species. Most comparative studies have focused on great apes, particularly chimpanzees (Hopkins & Cantalupo, 2008). Given the phylogenetic proximity between humans and nonhuman primates, the investigation of the cortical organization in apes and monkeys within a comparative approach might enable detecting the potential precursors of hemispheric specialization for language processing. ![]() Brain regions such as the motor cortex, Broca’s area and the Planum Temporale play key-roles within the language network. ![]() Language is a unique system of communication in humans and involves complex hemispheric specialization of the brain (Vigneau et al., 2006, 2011). ![]()
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