Scientists discover how mutations in a language gene produce speech deficits Faulty versions of the Foxp2 gene disrupt neurons' ability to form synapses in brain regions involved in speech, a new ...

The Foxp2 gene plays an essential role in the development of social communication, according to a study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The association between Foxp2 and ...

TALKING EVOLUTION A gene called FOXP2 was probably important for the evolution of language, but the language gene didn’t provide humans an evolutionary advantage as a species, new research suggests.

Campbell et al. suggest that although FOXP2 is integrally involved in brain pathways essential for learned vocal communication, it’s not limited to these pathways.

A paper to be published in Nature (W. Enard et al., "Molecular Evolution of FOXP2, a Gene Involved in Speech and Language") compares the human version of the FOXP2 gene with that of other mammals.

FOXP2 is inextricably tied to the region in other species too – if you knock out the gene in the basal ganglia of young finches, they can’t accurately learn the songs of their tutors.

Hey folks, I’ve got a feature article in this week’s New Scientist, which is my second for the magazine. The article describes the story of FOXP2, the “language gene” that’s not really a ...

Girls speak earlier -- and now we know why A protein called Foxp2 has been shown to play a critical role in speech and language development in rats -- and humans, too. featurepics.com ...

Can we really still call FOXP2 a "speech gene"? As you know, this FOXP2 mutation was originally identified in a London family, many of whose members exhibited profound language impairments.