Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Robust neural tracking of linguistic speech representations using a convolutional neural network.

The paper uses a convolutional neural network to analyze EEG data and shows it better captures linguistic speech features than linear models.

A common neural code for meaning in discourse production and comprehension

The paper investigates neural codes for discourse meaning during production and comprehension, finding a shared semantic network with bilateral activation.

No evidence for a special role of language in feature-based categorization

The paper tests the hypothesis that language aids in feature-based categorization but finds no evidence supporting this role in individuals with aphasia or healthy adults using fMRI.

Oscillatory brain networks in continuous speaking and listening

This study maps brain connectivity during continuous speaking and listening using MEG, revealing shared and dissociated neural substrates in different frequency bands.

Neural representation of phonological wordform in bilateral posterior temporal cortex

The paper uses neural decoding and effective connectivity analysis to identify bilateral posterior temporal cortex as the site of phonological wordform representation, distinct from phonemic or semantic representations.

Lexical semantic content, not syntactic structure, is the main contributor to ANN-brain similarity of fMRI responses in the language network

This study shows that lexical semantic content, not syntax, drives similarity between ANN language model representations and fMRI brain responses in the language network.

The reward system plays a role in natural story comprehension

The paper investigates the role of the reward system during natural story comprehension and finds that reward areas are activated and related to sentence predictability.

Conversational production and comprehension: fMRI-evidence reminiscent of the classic Broca-Wernicke model

The paper examines neural activity during conversational production and comprehension using fMRI, finding distinct patterns in frontal and temporal regions that align with but differ from the Broca-Wernicke model.

Cortical Adaptation Mechanism in the Delta Band of Post-Stroke Aphasic subjects during Naming Task

This study identifies delta band oscillations in post-stroke aphasia patients during naming tasks, suggesting a cortical adaptation mechanism that may inform non-invasive brain stimulation rehabilitation.

Role of Articulatory Motor Networks in Perceptual Categorization of Speech Signals: A 7 T fMRI Study

This study uses 7T fMRI to compare brain activity during speech production and perceptual categorization, finding that left motor networks are involved in both tasks.

Heard or understood? Neural tracking of language features in a comprehensible story, an incomprehensible story and a word list

This study investigates neural tracking of speech comprehension by comparing comprehensible and incomprehensible stories and a word list, finding that language tracking, not acoustic tracking, reflects speech comprehension.

Prediction tendency, eye movements, and attention in a unified framework of neural speech tracking

The paper investigates the relationship between prediction tendencies, eye movements, and neural speech tracking, proposing a unified framework for understanding speech processing.

Deep speech-to-text models capture the neural basis of spontaneous speech in everyday conversations

The paper uses a deep speech-to-text model to predict neural responses during spontaneous conversations, revealing a distributed cortical hierarchy for speech and language processing.

Timecourse and source localization of abstract and concrete semantic representations.

The paper investigates the temporal dynamics of abstract and concrete semantic representations using MEG, finding early frontotemporal activation for both and later occipito-temporal responses to concrete features.

A tradeoff between acoustic and linguistic feature encoding in spoken language comprehension

This study investigates how acoustic and linguistic features are encoded during speech comprehension, finding that phoneme-level features are tracked more strongly in a comprehended language and that word entropy influences this encoding.

Neural representations of the content and production of human vocalization

This study investigates neural representations of speech content and production using MEG, finding dissociable patterns in the left hemisphere with dynamic production signals and stable content signals.

Dimensionality and ramping: Signatures of sentence integration in the dynamics of brains and deep language models

The paper investigates how neural representations of sentences evolve, finding that meaningful sentences have higher dimensionality and specific dynamic patterns in both human brains and deep language models.

The Effects of Speech Masking on Neural Tracking of Acoustic and Semantic Features of Natural Speech

This study investigates how varying levels of background masking affect neural tracking of acoustic and semantic features during speech listening, finding U-shaped amplitude responses for acoustic features and robust semantic tracking even under severe masking.

Early-life language deprivation affects specific neural mechanisms of semantic representations

The paper investigates how early-life language deprivation affects neural mechanisms of semantic representations using fMRI in early deaf adults compared to sign language-acquiring controls.

Age-related changes in the neural processing of semantics, within and beyond the core semantic network

This study investigates age-related changes in neural processing of semantics using fMRI, finding compensatory activation in right IFG and shifts in network engagement in older adults.

Domain-general and domain-specific functional networks of Broca's area underlying language processing

This study identifies domain-specific and domain-general functional networks of Broca's area using meta-analytic connectivity modeling, showing left-lateralized frontotemporal networks for language and frontoparietal networks for general tasks.

The processing of stress in a foreign language modulates functional antagonism between default mode and attention network regions

The paper investigates how processing stress in a foreign language affects brain networks, finding that French speakers show stronger attention system activation and Default Mode Network deactivation compared to German speakers.

Investigating Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cortical Activity During Language Production in the Healthy and Lesioned Brain

This study examines spatiotemporal cortical dynamics during language production in individuals with aphasia and healthy controls, finding differences in traveling wave patterns and synchronization.

Neural signatures of second language proficiency in narrative processing.

The paper identifies neural synchronization patterns in second language processing that correlate with proficiency levels, showing high proficiency resembles native speakers and low proficiency shows more perceptual and semantic synchronization.

Pronoun resolution via reinstatement of referent-related activity in the delta band

The paper shows that delta-band neural activity is reinstated during pronoun resolution, supporting the idea that referential meaning is represented through dynamic neural patterns.

Functional neural architecture of cognitive control mediates the relationship between individual differences in bilingual experience and behaviour

The paper examines how individual differences in bilingual experience affect neural mechanisms of cognitive control and behavioral outcomes using EEG data from 239 participants.

Event-related causality in Stereo-EEG discriminates syntactic processing of noun phrases and verb phrases

The paper uses event-related causality from SEEG recordings to distinguish neural processing of verb and noun phrases during syntactic analysis.

Bayesian stroke modeling details sex biases in the white matter substrates of aphasia

The paper models sex differences in white matter substrates of aphasia using Bayesian analysis in 1,401 stroke patients, identifying sex-specific lesion effects in language networks.

Uncertainty aversion predicts the neural expansion of semantic representations

This study shows that uncertainty aversion leads to more differentiated semantic representations, reflected in neural activity patterns and behavioral outcomes.

Semantic representations during language comprehension are affected by context

This study shows that context significantly affects the quality of neuroimaging data and the representation of semantic information in the brain during language comprehension.