In contrast with two widely held and contradictory views – that sign languages of deaf people are “just gestures,” or that sign languages are “just like spoken languages” – the view from sign linguistics and developmental research in cognition presented by Goldin-Meadow & Brentari (G-M&B) indicates a more complex picture. We propose that neuroscience research suggests that a similar approach needs to be taken and offer some examples from research on the brain bases of sign language perception.

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大脑中的手语、语言和手势：一些评论

与两种广泛持有且相互矛盾的观点——聋人的手语“只是手势”，或手语“就像口语”——形成对比的是，Goldin-Meadow 提出的来自手语学和认知发展研究的观点布伦塔里 (GM&B) 表明情况更为复杂。我们建议神经科学研究表明需要采取类似的方法，并提供一些关于手语感知大脑基础研究的例子。