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Lacey, Simon; Stilla, Randall; Sathian, K. – Brain and Language, 2012
Conceptual metaphor theory suggests that knowledge is structured around metaphorical mappings derived from physical experience. Segregated processing of object properties in sensory cortex allows testing of the hypothesis that metaphor processing recruits activity in domain-specific sensory cortex. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging…
Descriptors: Sentences, Figurative Language, Neurology, Diagnostic Tests
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Rossi, Sonja; Telkemeyer, Silke; Wartenburger, Isabell; Obrig, Hellmuth – Brain and Language, 2012
Investigating the neuronal network underlying language processing may contribute to a better understanding of how the brain masters this complex cognitive function with surprising ease and how language is acquired at a fast pace in infancy. Modern neuroimaging methods permit to visualize the evolvement and the function of the language network. The…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Research, Spectroscopy, Infants
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Knudsen, Daniel P.; Gentner, Timothy Q. – Brain and Language, 2010
Songbirds share a number of parallels with humans that make them an attractive model system for studying the behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie the learning and processing of vocal communication signals. Here we review the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of audition in birds, and emphasize the behavioral and neural basis…
Descriptors: Singing, Auditory Perception, Animals, Learning Processes
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Pepperberg, Irene M. – Brain and Language, 2010
This chapter briefly reviews what is known-and what remains to be understood--about Grey parrot vocal learning. I review Greys' physical capacities--issues of auditory perception and production--then discuss how these capacities are used in vocal learning and can be recruited for referential communication with humans. I discuss cross-species…
Descriptors: Infants, Auditory Perception, Brain, Animals
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Krishnan, Ananthanarayan; Gandour, Jackson T.; Ananthakrishnan, Saradha; Bidelman, Gavin M.; Smalt, Christopher J. – Brain and Language, 2011
Pitch processing is lateralized to the right hemisphere; linguistic pitch is further mediated by left cortical areas. This experiment investigates whether ear asymmetries vary in brainstem representation of pitch depending on linguistic status. Brainstem frequency-following responses (FFRs) were elicited by monaural stimulation of the left and…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Stimulation, Auditory Perception, Mandarin Chinese
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Gow, David W., Jr.; Keller, Corey J.; Eskandar, Emad; Meng, Nate; Cash, Sydney S. – Brain and Language, 2009
In this work, we apply Granger causality analysis to high spatiotemporal resolution intracranial EEG (iEEG) data to examine how different components of the left perisylvian language network interact during spoken language perception. The specific focus is on the characterization of serial versus parallel processing dependencies in the dominant…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Medicine, Auditory Perception
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Boets, Bart; Ghesquiere, Pol; van Wieringen, Astrid; Wouters, Jan – Brain and Language, 2007
We tested categorical perception and speech-in-noise perception in a group of five-year-old preschool children genetically at risk for dyslexia, compared to a group of well-matched control children and a group of adults. Both groups of children differed significantly from the adults on all speech measures. Comparing both child groups, the risk…
Descriptors: Phonology, Preschool Children, Causal Models, Auditory Perception
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Francis, Alexander L.; Driscoll, Courtney – Brain and Language, 2006
We examined the effect of perceptual training on a well-established hemispheric asymmetry in speech processing. Eighteen listeners were trained to use a within-category difference in voice onset time (VOT) to cue talker identity. Successful learners (n = 8) showed faster response times for stimuli presented only to the left ear than for those…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Time, Cues, Auditory Training
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Hohlfeld, Annette; Mierke, Karsten; Sommer, Werner – Brain and Language, 2004
We assessed the effect of additional tasks on language perception in second-language and native speakers. The N400 component of the event-related potential was recorded to spoken nouns that had to be judged for synonymity with a preceding word, while additional choice responses were required to visual stimuli. In both participant groups N400 was…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Brain, Native Speakers, Nouns