Dieter Hillert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4116060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dieter Hillert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dieter |
| FAMILY NAME | Hillert |
| SIGNATURE | HILLERT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6485-9293 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Adaptive trait package for mind reading and language
Human language likely emerged from pre-symbolic social cognition rather than from a sudden, language-specific innovation. Across social animals and human infants, gaze following, affective attunement, and intention reading point to early forms of mind reading that precede explicit theory of mind and symbolic communication. In development, language and theory of mind appear to support each other: prelinguistic social cognition scaffolds later beli…
Language as a mental capacity
While bonding and stress signals are widespread across species, symbolic computation is a uniquely human capacity. This article examines the intricate relationship between the evolving primate brain and the emergence of the mental language capacity in the human lineage, focusing on the neural circuits instantiated by mental agents. By integrating neurobiological and eco-cultural evidence, we identify a punctuated step at around 1.8 Ma with the ap…
On how “early syntax” came about
Modern humans are biologically predisposed to the ability to create symbolic elements and to combine them systematically to share feelings, thoughts, or beliefs. In considering paleoanthropological evidence, we hypothesize that this particular innate ability emerged in early members of the Homo group but evolved from (nonhuman) primates. Here, we identify four, closely interconnected evolutionary stages that may have brought about an extended syn…
How did language evolve in the lineage of higher primates
Speech components emerged in the hominin lineage before the rise of modern human behavior and were already in place in monkey species. Evidence from genetics to archaeological records points to an accumulative increase of those computational properties required for modern language. At about 2.4 mya, the polytypical species Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) appeared with significant cortical growth indicated by neural migration factors and fossil sku…
Neurobiology of Language
Protosyntax
Protosyntax
Neurobiology of Language
The Nature of Language
The book The Nature of Language addresses one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: how did language evolve, and what are the neurobiological and cognitive foundations of language processing? This monograph explores these questions from different perspectives to discuss the building blocks of language evolution and how they developed in the way they can be found in modern humans. Furthermore, primarily neural mapping methods of cognition …
Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
Sentence Processing: A Crosslinguistic Perspective
The innovative element of this volume is its overview of the fundamental psycholinguistic topics involved in sentence processing. While most psycholinguistic studies focus on a single language and induce a general model of universal sentence processing, this volume proposes a cross-linguistic approach. It contains two distinct features first embraced in the 18th century by brothers Freiherr Wilhelm von Humboldt and Alexander von Humboldt. First, …
Sentence processing
Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics and cognitive neuroscience
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
I Sprache, Wissen und Gehirn.- 1 Historischer Kontext.- 1.1 Der Anfang.- 1.1.1 Klassisch-konnektionistische Modelle.- 1.1.2 Klassisch-holistische Modelle.- 1.2 Der Neuanfang.- 1.2.1 Cerebrale Struktur der Sprache.- 1.2.2 Klinische Klassifikationen.- 2 Methodologie.- 2.1 Normale und gestoerte Prozesse.- 2.1.1 Fur Token-Physikalismus.- 2.1.2 Heuristischer Alltag.- 2.2 Psychometrische Idealisierungen.- 2.2.1 Ausschliesslich Einzelfallstudien?.- 2.2.…
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
How did language evolve in the lineage of higher primates
Speech components emerged in the hominin lineage before the rise of modern human behavior and were already in place in monkey species. Evidence from genetics to archaeological records points to an accumulative increase of those computational properties required for modern language. At about 2.4 mya, the polytypical species Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) appeared with significant cortical growth indicated by neural migration factors and fossil sku…
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
I Sprache, Wissen und Gehirn.- 1 Historischer Kontext.- 1.1 Der Anfang.- 1.1.1 Klassisch-konnektionistische Modelle.- 1.1.2 Klassisch-holistische Modelle.- 1.2 Der Neuanfang.- 1.2.1 Cerebrale Struktur der Sprache.- 1.2.2 Klinische Klassifikationen.- 2 Methodologie.- 2.1 Normale und gestoerte Prozesse.- 2.1.1 Fur Token-Physikalismus.- 2.1.2 Heuristischer Alltag.- 2.2 Psychometrische Idealisierungen.- 2.2.1 Ausschliesslich Einzelfallstudien?.- 2.2.…
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience
Linguistics and cognitive neuroscience
Sentence Processing: A Crosslinguistic Perspective
The innovative element of this volume is its overview of the fundamental psycholinguistic topics involved in sentence processing. While most psycholinguistic studies focus on a single language and induce a general model of universal sentence processing, this volume proposes a cross-linguistic approach. It contains two distinct features first embraced in the 18th century by brothers Freiherr Wilhelm von Humboldt and Alexander von Humboldt. First, …
Sentence processing
Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience
Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen
The Nature of Language
The book The Nature of Language addresses one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: how did language evolve, and what are the neurobiological and cognitive foundations of language processing? This monograph explores these questions from different perspectives to discuss the building blocks of language evolution and how they developed in the way they can be found in modern humans. Furthermore, primarily neural mapping methods of cognition …
Neurobiology of Language
Neurobiology of Language
Protosyntax
Protosyntax
How did language evolve in the lineage of higher primates
Speech components emerged in the hominin lineage before the rise of modern human behavior and were already in place in monkey species. Evidence from genetics to archaeological records points to an accumulative increase of those computational properties required for modern language. At about 2.4 mya, the polytypical species Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) appeared with significant cortical growth indicated by neural migration factors and fossil sku…
On how “early syntax” came about
Modern humans are biologically predisposed to the ability to create symbolic elements and to combine them systematically to share feelings, thoughts, or beliefs. In considering paleoanthropological evidence, we hypothesize that this particular innate ability emerged in early members of the Homo group but evolved from (nonhuman) primates. Here, we identify four, closely interconnected evolutionary stages that may have brought about an extended syn…
Adaptive trait package for mind reading and language
Human language likely emerged from pre-symbolic social cognition rather than from a sudden, language-specific innovation. Across social animals and human infants, gaze following, affective attunement, and intention reading point to early forms of mind reading that precede explicit theory of mind and symbolic communication. In development, language and theory of mind appear to support each other: prelinguistic social cognition scaffolds later beli…
Language as a mental capacity
While bonding and stress signals are widespread across species, symbolic computation is a uniquely human capacity. This article examines the intricate relationship between the evolving primate brain and the emergence of the mental language capacity in the human lineage, focusing on the neural circuits instantiated by mental agents. By integrating neurobiological and eco-cultural evidence, we identify a punctuated step at around 1.8 Ma with the ap…
Language and cultural evolution (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (5 works) · Cognitive science (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psycholinguistics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Aphasia (4 works) · Cognition (4 works)