Brain signatures of semantic activation for words that do not exist.
Rolando Bonandrini, Simona Amenta, Simone Sulpizio, Gianpaolo Basso, Marco Marelli, Marco Tettamanti
This study investigates how novel words activate semantic processing in the brain, finding that words with identifiable morphemes activate similar neural patterns as existing words.
bioRxiv · May 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience