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an article in Science News which reported that two areas of the brain used by hearing people when perceiving and speaking language are also used by deaf people when using sign language.
And now this from Nature about babies, whether hearing or not, babbling with their hands when exposed to signers.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/010906/010906-16.html
It also references Dr. Petitto's work.
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