Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Auditory word comprehension is less incremental in isolated words

The paper shows that auditory word comprehension is less incremental in isolated words compared to continuous speech, with different neural effects of phoneme surprisal and cohort entropy.

The Role of the Posterior Medial Network in Language Comprehension: Dissociating Construction of Episodic versus Semantic Representations

This study uses fMRI to identify distinct neural correlates of episodic richness and semantic coherence during narrative reading, revealing functional dissociations within the posterior medial network.

The different brain areas occupied for integrating information of hierarchical linguistic units: a study based on EEG and TMS

This study investigates how the brain integrates hierarchical linguistic units across auditory, visual, and audio-visual modalities using EEG and TMS, finding that sentence integration involves the left prefrontal cortex.

The importance of semantic network brain regions in integrating prior knowledge with an ongoing dialogue

The paper shows that prior narrative knowledge enhances memory and neural similarity during dialogues by strengthening brain regions involved in semantic processing.

Overt and covert prosody are reflected in neurophysiological responses previously attributed to grammatical processing

The paper investigates whether neural responses at sentence constituent frequencies reflect prosodic or syntactic processing, finding that both overt and covert prosody influence these responses.

Speech understanding oppositely affectsacoustic and linguistic neural tracking in aspeech rate manipulation paradigm.

The paper investigates how speech understanding affects acoustic and linguistic neural tracking by manipulating speech rate, finding that acoustic tracking increases while linguistic tracking decreases with higher speech rates.

A middle ground where executive control meets semantics: The neural substrates of semantic-control are topographically sandwiched between the multiple-demand and default-mode systems

The paper investigates how semantic control regions are topographically positioned between default-mode and multiple-demand networks, showing hybrid functional responses.

Predictive coding across the left fronto-temporal hierarchy during language comprehension

The paper uses MEG and ERPs to study how the brain processes expected, unexpected, and implausible words during language comprehension, interpreting results through a predictive coding framework.

Precision fMRI reveals that the language-selective network supports both phrase-structure building and lexical access during language production

The paper uses precision fMRI to show the language-selective network supports both phrase-structure building and lexical access during language production, with stronger responses in production than comprehension.

Robust effects of working memory demand during naturalistic language comprehension in language-selective cortex

This study uses fMRI to show that working memory demand during naturalistic language comprehension affects language-selective brain regions but not multiple-demand regions, supporting domain-specific WM resources for language.

Inter-Individual Variability in Dorsal Stream Dynamics During Word Production

The paper examines inter-individual variability in dorsal stream activation during word production using intracerebral recordings from epileptic patients.

More than Words: Neurophysiological Correlates of Semantic Dissimilarity Depend on Comprehension of the Speech Narrative

The paper investigates whether electrophysiological indices of semantic dissimilarity reflect narrative understanding or just word-level semantic changes by manipulating speech scrambling and analyzing EEG data.

Modulation of brain activity by psycholinguistic information during naturalistic speech comprehension and production

This study investigates how psycholinguistic properties modulate brain activity during naturalistic speech comprehension and production using fMRI and PCA to identify latent language characteristics.

Irony detection engages the Precuneus and Inferior Frontal Gyrus and relies on the integration of contextual cues and inferential skills

This study investigates the cognitive processes and neural correlates of irony detection in Mexican adults using fMRI and behavioral tasks, finding involvement of the precuneus and inferior frontal gyrus.

Evoking the N400 Event-Related Potential (ERP) Component Using a Publicly Available Novel Set of Sentences with Semantically Incongruent or Congruent Eggplants (Endings).

The paper develops a publicly available set of 404 sentences with semantically incongruent or congruent endings to elicit N400 ERP components and validates its use in neurotypical adults.

A Distributed Network for Multimodal Experiential Representation of Concepts

The paper uses fMRI data to map brain regions involved in concept retrieval, finding a distributed network encoding multimodal experiential information.

Naturalistic language comprehension is supported by alpha and beta oscillations linked to domain-general inhibition and reactivation

This study investigates the role of alpha and beta oscillations in naturalistic language comprehension, finding they support syntactic structure building and semantic composition through inhibition and reactivation processes.

The organization of individually mapped structural and functional semantic networks in aging adults

The paper identifies individualized semantic networks in aging adults using fMRI and structural connectivity, revealing three modules related to semantic verbal fluency.

A hierarchy of linguistic predictions during natural language comprehension

This study uses brain recordings and a deep neural network to show that predictions occur at multiple levels during language comprehension.

Functional connectivity of the inferior frontal gyrus: A meta-analytic connectivity modeling study

This study uses meta-analytic connectivity modeling to identify language-related functional connectivity patterns of left and right inferior frontal gyrus subdivisions.

Native language leaves distinctive traces in brain connections

This study shows that speaking different languages leaves distinct traces in brain connectivity, identified using machine learning and structural connectivity data.

Neural tracking of linguistic speech representations decreases with advancing age

This study examines how aging affects neural tracking of speech processing, finding declines in linguistic processing and changes in latency and hemisphere-specific acoustic tracking.

Cortical dynamics of speech feedback control in non-fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia

This study examines speech motor control in nfvPPA patients using structure-function imaging, finding reduced alpha-band activity and increased beta-band activity in specific brain regions, unrelated to atrophy patterns.

Speech Production in Intracranial Electroencephalography: iBIDS Dataset

The paper provides a dataset of intracranial EEG recordings from 10 participants during speech production to study neural mechanisms and develop speech decoding technologies.

The Neural Response at the Fundamental Frequency of Speech is Modulated by Word-level Acoustic and Linguistic Information

The paper examines early neural responses to speech fundamental frequency and finds they are influenced by both acoustic and linguistic features.

An individualized fMRI protocol to assess semantic congruency effects on episodic memory in an aging multilingual population

The paper introduces an fMRI-based paradigm to assess semantic congruency effects on episodic memory in older multilingual individuals, finding robust neural differences between semantically related and unrelated stimuli.

Neural encoding of phrases and sentences in spoken language comprehension

The paper investigates how the brain encodes syntactic structure in speech using EEG, finding distinct neural responses in theta and alpha bands that correlate with linguistic structure.

Correspondence between the layered structure of deep language models and temporal structure of natural language processing in the human brain

This study finds a correspondence between the layered structure of deep language models and the temporal structure of neural activity during language processing in the human brain.

Mapping lesion, structural disconnection, and functional disconnection to symptoms in semantic aphasia

The paper maps lesion locations, structural, and functional disconnection patterns in semantic aphasia to semantic and executive impairments.

Cerebral perfusion in post-stroke aphasia and its relation to residual language abilities

This study examines cerebral perfusion in chronic aphasia and finds reduced perfusion in left hemisphere language areas and a link between perfusion and language abilities.