Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Functional identification of language-responsive channels in individual participants in MEG investigations

The paper identifies language-responsive neural channels in individual participants using MEG, showing spatial stability within individuals but variability across individuals, leading to greater sensitivity in analyses.

Early language dissociation in bilingual minds: Non-invasive magnetoencephalography evidence through a machine learning approach

This study uses MEG and machine learning to show that language selection in bilinguals can be decoded from neural activity, with distinct brain regions involved in picture naming and word reading.

Exploration of Speech Induced Suppression using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

This study investigates speech-induced suppression using fNIRS, finding no significant differences between vocalization and non-vocalization conditions after controlling for participant variation.

Semantic Surprise Predicts the N400 Brain Potential

The paper tests a probabilistic hypothesis of the N400 brain potential by showing semantic surprise predicts its amplitude in a noun oddball paradigm.

Top-down information shapes lexical processing when listening to continuous speech

The paper investigates how the brain resolves lexical ambiguity in speech using context, showing top-down processing dominates over bottom-up cues in early neural responses.

Word structure tunes electrophysiological and hemodynamic responses in the frontal cortex

This study investigates how word structure affects brain activity in Chinese speakers using EEG and fNIRS, finding distinct patterns for morphological priming and word structure effects.

The role of the Frontal Aslant tract in bilingual language control

This study examines the role of the Frontal Aslant tract in bilingual language control by comparing unimodal and bimodal bilinguals, finding distinct associations with language production tasks.

When inefficient speech-motor control affects speech comprehension: atypical electrophysiological correlates of language prediction in stuttering

This study examines electrophysiological correlates of language prediction in adults who stutter compared to typically fluent adults, finding atypical patterns in predictive processing.

Cortical tracking of continuous speech under bimodal divided attention

This study investigates how bimodal divided attention affects neural processing of continuous speech, finding that behavioral decrements occur at later cognitive stages rather than early sensory processing.

Neural correlates of object-extracted relative clause processing across English and Chinese

The paper investigates brain activity during object-extracted relative clause processing in English and Chinese, finding common and language-specific neural correlates.

Speaker-induced suppression in EEG during a naturalistic reading and listening task

The paper investigates speaker-induced suppression in EEG during a naturalistic reading and listening task, finding it reflects a global gain change rather than suppression of specific neural features.

Evidence for a Spoken Word Lexicon in the Auditory Ventral Stream

The paper provides evidence for an auditory lexicon in the left anterior superior temporal gyrus using fMRI, showing selectivity for spoken words and sharpening after training.

Phase-locking of neural activity to the envelope of speech in the delta frequency band reflects differences between word lists and sentences

This study finds that phase-locking in the delta band of EEG responses to speech reflects linguistic information and may relate to listening effort.

"Um... it's really difficult to... um.. speak fluently": Neural tracking of spontaneous speech

This study examines how the brain processes spontaneous speech by analyzing neural responses to disfluencies, syntactic boundaries, and speech rate variability using EEG.

Left-hemisphere cortical language regions respond equally to observed dialogue and monologue

The paper investigates neural responses to dialogue and monologue in left-hemisphere language regions, finding no difference in response to dialogue versus monologue.

Dissociating Language and Thought in Human Reasoning

This study investigates the relationship between language and deductive reasoning by inhibiting brain regions associated with language and reasoning, finding dissociable effects on linguistic and deductive tasks.

Neural Correlates of Linguistic Collocations During Continuous Speech Perception

This study examines EEG responses to collocations in continuous speech, finding distinct N400 patterns compared to non-collocations, varying by brain region and laterality.

Causal evidence for the involvement of Broca's area in second language acquisition: A longitudinal HD-tDCS study

This study uses HD-tDCS to investigate the causal role of Broca's area in second language acquisition, finding improved linguistic performance but not non-linguistic tasks.

The Neurophysiological Modality Effect in Native and Second Language Processing: An ERP Study

This study investigates the neurophysiological modality effect in native and second language processing using ERP data, finding modality-specific differences in P600 responses and proficiency-related changes in neural responses.

Effects of neural noise on predictive model updating across the adult lifespan

This study shows that older adults show reduced adaptation of prediction error signals in language processing compared to younger adults, linked to neural noise and changes in aperiodic EEG metrics.

Tuning in on auditory details is difficult: Individuals with aphasia show impaired acoustic and phonemic processing

This study shows individuals with aphasia have impaired acoustic and phonemic processing, with 76% showing low-level impairments that predict higher-level language processing difficulties.

Information flow across the cortical timescales hierarchy during narrative construction

The paper uses fMRI to show a fixed sequence of response lags between brain networks during narrative comprehension, consistent across stories and supported by a computational model.

Non-Local Conceptual Combination

This paper investigates whether the brain combines concepts across syntactically unrelated words, finding evidence of non-local conceptual combination in the left anterior temporal lobe using MEG.

Activating words without language: Beta and theta oscillations reflect lexical access and control processes during verbal and non-verbal object recognition tasks

The paper shows that lexical access and response selection during object recognition tasks involve similar neural oscillations, even when language is not required.

Cortical tracking of lexical speech units in a multi-talker background is immature in school-aged children

This study shows that school-aged children have reduced cortical tracking of linguistic units in speech, especially in noisy environments, compared to adults.

Combining computational controls with natural text reveals new aspects of meaning composition

The paper investigates how the brain processes combined meaning of words beyond individual meanings using computational methods and brain imaging.

White Matter Brain Structure Predicts Language Performance and Learning Success

The paper links white matter brain structure to individual differences in language processing and learning success through specific network motifs identified via diffusion tractography.

Dynamics of functional networks for syllable and word-level processing

The paper investigates how lexical and syllable processing interact in speech comprehension using MEG data, showing distinct neural networks for each and their interaction in temporal regions.

Towards a causal role of Broca's area in language: A TMS-EEG study on syntactic prediction

This study uses TMS-EEG to test if Broca's area is involved in syntactic prediction, but finds no effect on ERP correlates of basic phrase composition.

Language and the cerebellum: structural connectivity to the eloquent brain

This study identifies language-sensitive cerebellar regions and maps their structural connectivity using HCP data, revealing unique patterns related to language comprehension.