Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Similar does not mean same: ERP correlates of processing mental and physical experiencer verbs in Malayalam complex constructions

The paper examines ERP differences between mental and physical experiencer verbs in Malayalam, finding similar but distinct neural responses to grammatical violations and verb types.

Dual representation of lexical uncertainty in human cortex

The paper investigates how the brain represents lexical uncertainty using two complementary measures, dispersion and strength, through whole-brain intracranial EEG during natural listening.

Bridging verbal coordination and neural dynamics

The paper develops a real-time coupled-oscillators virtual partner to study verbal coordination and its neural dynamics using intracranial recordings from epilepsy patients.

Alpha and beta desynchronization during consolidation of newly learned words

The paper examines neural correlates of word retrieval during consolidation, finding reduced alpha and beta power after learning.

Emotional and Linguistic Features Predict Prefrontal Functional Connectivity during Ongoing Dialogues: An fNIRS Investigation

This study investigates how emotional and linguistic features influence prefrontal functional connectivity during real-life dialogues using fNIRS hyperscanning and computational analysis.

Brain activation for language and its relationship to cognitive and linguistic measures

The paper investigates brain-behavioural associations between language and cognitive skills using fMRI and behavioural measures, finding shared neural networks for linguistic and domain-general functions.

Cortical tracking of prediction error during perception of connected speech

The paper investigates how prediction error computations influence speech perception in naturalistic listening conditions using EEG and linear encoding models.

Adaptive Prediction: The Brain Trades Phonemic for Semantic Expectations Under Acoustic Uncertainty

This study investigates how acoustic uncertainty affects speech processing by examining neural responses to speech from single vs. multiple talkers, finding a shift from phonemic to semantic prediction.

Dynamic Causal White Matter Atlas of Auditory and Visual Speech Networks at Millisecond Resolution: Intracranial Evidence from 125 Patients

This paper constructs a dynamic causal white matter atlas of auditory and visual speech networks using intracranial data from 125 patients, revealing millisecond-scale coactivation patterns linked to speech naming tasks.

Situation Models in the Brain are Used to Resolve Word References

The paper uses fMRI and a 3D branched CNN to show that situation models in distributed sensorimotor and association cortices resolve pronoun references in language comprehension.

Domain-General Brain Networks Support Language Development

The paper examines how domain-general brain networks contribute to verbal intelligence development using structural brain data from children and adolescents.

Balancing Act: A Neural Trade-Off Between Coherence and Creativity in Spontaneous Speech

This study investigates the neural balance between coherence and creativity in spontaneous speech, finding a negative correlation between coherence and divergence, and identifying network interactions associated with each.

Discourse Focus and Memory Encoding: The Role of Trial-Level Alpha Power

This study examines preparatory attention during spoken language comprehension by measuring alpha neural activity and finds that trial-by-trial alpha fluctuations predict memory encoding for focused words.

The "Podcast" ECoG dataset for modeling neural activity during natural language comprehension

The paper introduces a dataset of ECoG recordings from nine participants listening to a podcast, along with linguistic features and tutorials for analysis.

Explaining tip-of-the-tongue experiences in older adults: The role of brain-based and cardiorespiratory fitness factors

This study investigates how brain health and cardiorespiratory fitness influence age-related word-finding failures in older adults using neuroimaging and fitness data.

Linguistic contextualization in the human hippocampus

The paper shows that hippocampal neurons encode word position and context in a way similar to self-attention in large language models.

Hierarchical Brain-LLM Alignment Reveals Layer-Specific Neural Representations of Second Language Proficiency

The paper examines how second language proficiency affects brain-LLM alignment across neural layers, finding that higher proficiency correlates with stronger alignment in specific brain regions.

Modulation of decodable semantic features of brain activity via selection attention

This study investigates how selective attention to different modalities modulates semantic feature decodability in brain activity using fMRI data from six participants.

A theoretically driven calculation for language dominance and degree of multilingualism

The paper introduces formulas to calculate language dominance and multilingualism score using linguistic variables, validated against PCA methods for efficiency and accuracy.

Dynamic Causal Tractography Analysis of Auditory Descriptive Naming:An Intracranial Study of 106 Patients

This study uses intracranial EEG data from 106 patients to create a dynamic causal tractography atlas showing how specific white matter fasciculi contribute to different stages of auditory naming.

NEUROLINGUA: A Neuroimaging Database Tailored to Unravel the Complexity of Multilingual Comprehension

NEUROLINGUA provides a database of MRI data from multilingual individuals to study how sociolinguistic factors shape language comprehension networks.

Different Multiword Verb Categories are Processed Differentially in the Brain: An Evidence from EEG Analysis and Decoding

This study uses EEG to show that prepositional verbs and verb-to-infinitive constructions are processed compositionally, while phrasal verbs are stored as lexical units.

Causal Lesion Evidence for Two Motor Speech Coordination Networks in the Brain

The paper shows that lesions in specific brain areas affect different motor speech coordination networks, supporting distinct sensory-to-motor transformations for laryngeal and orofacial control.

Interindividual differences in predicting words versus sentence meaning:Explaining N400 amplitudes using large-scale neural network models

The paper investigates how individuals differ in predicting sentence meaning versus upcoming words using neural network models to explain N400 amplitudes.

Decoding words during sentence production: Syntactic role encoding and structure-dependent dynamics revealed by ECoG

The paper uses ECoG recordings to decode word processing during sentence production, showing syntactic structure influences word order encoding in frontal cortex.

Two Sites, Two Languages: Dual-site tDCS and EEG Evidence for L1 Feature Transfer in L2

This study uses dual-site tDCS and EEG to show that L1 linguistic features influence L2 semantic processing, as evidenced by interaction effects in N400 and P600 components.

Low-Rank Tensor Encoding Models Decompose Natural Speech Comprehension Processes

This paper develops a low-rank tensor regression method to decompose neural responses to language features in MEG data, showing improved encoding performance and interpretable components.

Cortical language areas are coupled via a soft hierarchy of model-based linguistic features

This study shows that cortical language areas are connected through a hierarchy of linguistic features, with higher-order regions using more abstract language features.

Neural hierarchy for coding articulatory dynamics in speech imagery and production

This paper investigates the neural coding of articulatory dynamics during speech imagery and production, revealing a hierarchical spatiotemporal organization and developing a model to decode speech from neural signals.

A two-dimensional space of linguistic representations shared across individuals

The paper identifies two interpretable dimensions of linguistic processing using fMRI data, showing they generalize across individuals and relate to processing difficulty and meaning abstractness.