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ResearchLanguage DevelopmentLanguage is one of the most difficult cognitive capacities to master. It is not surprising, therefore, that many developmental disorders such as autism are marked by an accompanying deficit in language skills. MEHRI research suggests that this deficit can be attributed to a lack of functional emotional development. Non-human primate research has uncovered surprising parallel facts: non-human primates do not achieve human-like levels of language development, nor do they achieve as advanced a level of functional-emotional development as healthy humans. Studies of language development, therefore, provide a convenient window for studying the convergence of the clinical and non-human primate research lines.
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