Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Sensorimotor dynamics differentiate singing and speaking

This study investigates the neural mechanisms of singing and speaking by analyzing intracranial EEG data, revealing distinct sensorimotor dynamics during these behaviors.

Temporal Dissociation of Syntactic Disambiguation and Memory Retrieval during Sentence Processing: Naturalistic MEG Evidence from Interpretable Models

The paper develops interpretable models of sentence processing that align with human MEG data, showing temporal dissociation between disambiguation and memory retrieval.

The neural processes underpinning flexible semantic retrieval in visual and auditory modalities

The paper examines how semantic control networks differ in their activation during visual and auditory semantic tasks, finding SCN involvement modulated by task structure and MDN influenced by input modality.

Neurophysiological correlates of processing Agreement and Tense in Arabic

The paper investigates whether tense and agreement processing dissociate in Arabic using ERPs, finding similar biphasic N400-P600 effects for both violations.

Upregulating action semantics with neuromodulation and gesture observation to facilitate verb retrieval in aphasia

This study investigates whether combining gesture priming and neuromodulation improves verb retrieval in aphasia but finds no additive benefit, instead showing interaction effects.

Decoding concept representations in aphasia after stroke

This study decodes concept representations in aphasia using fMRI to generate continuous word sequences, showing that concept representations are largely preserved despite aphasia.

A geometric foundation for word meaning in the brain

The paper shows that semantic features in word meaning are encoded in the brain through geometric structures similar to those in language models.

Bridging the neural synchronization to linguistic structures and natural speech comprehension

The paper investigates neural synchronization to linguistic structures and natural speech comprehension, finding that synchronization to phrases and sentences persists despite natural speech anisochrony.

A right-hemispheric language network at single-neuron resolution

This study identifies right-hemispheric language networks at single-neuron resolution in a patient with aphasia, showing task-specific encoding and functional organization.

Processing Ergativity in Compound Light Verb Constructions: Electrophysiological Evidence from Hindi

The paper investigates how ergative case marking affects language comprehension in Hindi using ERP, finding distinct neural responses to case-transitivity mismatches in compound light verb constructions.

Working memory modulates auditory perceptual sensitivity during speech planning

This study shows that maintaining a vowel in working memory increases perceptual sensitivity during speech planning but not reading, suggesting working memory influences speech outcomes.

Narrative 'twist' shifts within-individual neural representations of dissociable story features

The paper investigates how neural representations of narrative elements change with reinterpretation of the same story, identifying dissociable brain regions involved in different narrative levels.

MEG State Dynamics of Sentence Generation: Evidence for a Compensatory Chunking Mechanism in Healthy Aging

This study examines how brain dynamics change with age during sentence generation, finding that older adults redistribute oscillatory activity and adopt a segmented processing strategy to maintain language abilities.

Prediction, Syntax and Semantic Grounding in the Brain and Large Language Models

The paper investigates how syntactic processing, predictive coding, and semantic grounding interact in real time using MEG-EEG and compares neural responses to a large language model.

Exploring Neural Mechanisms of Language Switching: An fMRI Study Using a Functional Localizer Approach

This study uses fMRI to investigate neural mechanisms of language switching in bilinguals, finding shared domain-general processes for language and nonverbal switch costs.

The emergence of the language system in the toddler brain

This study uses fMRI to show that toddlers as young as 19-36 months have left frontal and temporal cortex responses to comprehensible language, similar to adults, suggesting early language system development.

Bilingual language processing relies on shared semantic representations that are modulated by each language

This study investigates how semantic information is represented in the brains of bilinguals, finding shared representations between languages with some language-specific differences.

Mapping concept and relational semantic representation in the brain using large language models

This study uses large language models to map how the brain encodes relational semantic information, showing distinct brain regions represent concepts and their relationships.

Lesion-Connectome Mapping of Limb and Oral Apraxia: Distributed vs Focal Networks

The paper compares the neuroanatomical substrates of limb apraxia, buccofacial apraxia, and apraxia of speech using lesion-symptom mapping in stroke patients.

Disentangling Hierarchical and Sequential Computations during Sentence Processing.

This study investigates hierarchical vs. sequential computations in sentence processing using MEG, finding dominance of hierarchical processing and memory-based interference over prediction-based interference.

Representations of semantic relations in the human cerebral cortex

This study investigates how semantic relations and concepts are represented in the human cerebral cortex using fMRI, finding that relations are distinct from their relata and share similar cortical regions with concepts.

A lateral temporal network for transmodal combinatorial semantics: Convergent evidence from a multi-study investigation

This study identifies a shared neural network for semantic and social cognition through convergent evidence from neuroimaging analyses and language models.

Hierarchical Signatures of Language in the Human Brain

This study identifies hierarchical neural signatures of language by linking semantic and phonological processing to brain networks using fMRI, myelin measures, and AI models.

Neural Dynamics of Automatic Speech Production

This study investigates the neural dynamics of automatic speech production using ECoG recordings, revealing a distributed cortical network with complex feedforward and feedback signal representation.

Causal evidence for a shared mechanism linking language and tool use via the putamen

The paper identifies the putamen as a neural substrate supporting goal-dependent sequence integrity for both language and tool use, showing early language experience strengthens this mechanism.

Predicting Post-Stroke Aphasia Speech Performance from Multimodal Data with Explainable Machine Learning

This paper develops a machine learning model to predict post-stroke aphasia speech performance using multimodal data, achieving high accuracy with explainable features.

Controlled retrieval relies on directed interactions between semantic control regions and visual cortex: MEG evidence from oscillatory dynamics

This paper uses MEG to show how semantic control regions interact with visual cortex during semantic decisions, revealing goal-dependent feedback and feedforward signaling patterns.

Bilingualism Protects Domain-Specific Cognitive Function in Mandarin-Speaking Older Adults

This study finds bilingualism is linked to better executive function but not episodic memory in Mandarin-speaking older adults, with stronger benefits for those with cognitive impairments.

Tracking bilingual brain processing at high spatiotemporal resolution reveals where and when second language slows down

This study uses rapid phase-encoded fMRI to identify temporal delays in second language processing compared to first language across multiple brain networks.

Evidence for an Integrated Bilingual Language System from Discourse Tasks in Aphasia

This study examines bilingual aphasia through discourse tasks, finding parallel language impairments across both languages, suggesting an integrated bilingual language system.