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Caplan, David; Gow, David – Brain and Language, 2012
Functional neuroimaging studies of syntactic processing have been interpreted as identifying the neural locations of parsing and interpretive operations. However, current behavioral studies of sentence processing indicate that many operations occur simultaneously with parsing and interpretation. In this review, we point to issues that arise in…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, Task Analysis, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Citron, Francesca M. M. – Brain and Language, 2012
A growing body of literature investigating the neural correlates of emotion word processing has emerged in recent years. Written words have been shown to represent a suitable means to study emotion processing and most importantly to address the distinct and interactive contributions of the two dimensions of emotion: valence and arousal. The aim of…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Neurological Organization, Correlation, Language Processing
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Petersson, Karl-Magnus; Folia, Vasiliki; Hagoort, Peter – Brain and Language, 2012
In this paper we examine the neurobiological correlates of syntax, the processing of structured sequences, by comparing FMRI results on artificial and natural language syntax. We discuss these and similar findings in the context of formal language and computability theory. We used a simple right-linear unification grammar in an implicit artificial…
Descriptors: Syntax, Familiarity, Natural Language Processing, Neurological Organization
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Zhang, Yaxu; Zhang, Jinlu; Min, Baoquan – Brain and Language, 2012
An event-related potential experiment was conducted to investigate the temporal neural dynamics of animacy processing in the interpretation of classifier-noun combinations. Participants read sentences that had a non-canonical structure, "object noun" + "subject noun" + "verb" + "numeral-classifier" + "adjective". The object noun and its classifier…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Nouns
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Quaresima, Valentina; Bisconti, Silvia; Ferrari, Marco – Brain and Language, 2012
Upon stimulation, real time maps of cortical hemodynamic responses can be obtained by non-invasive functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) which measures changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin after positioning multiple sources and detectors over the human scalp. The current commercially available transportable fNIRS systems have…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Neonates, Language Processing, Adults
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Gow, David W., Jr. – Brain and Language, 2012
Current accounts of spoken language assume the existence of a lexicon where wordforms are stored and interact during spoken language perception, understanding and production. Despite the theoretical importance of the wordform lexicon, the exact localization and function of the lexicon in the broader context of language use is not well understood.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Speech, Phonetics, Semantics
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Kim, Albert; Sikos, Les – Brain and Language, 2011
Recent ERP studies report that implausible verb-argument combinations can elicit a centro-parietal P600 effect (e.g., "The hearty meal was devouring..."; Kim & Osterhout, 2005). Such eliciting conditions do not involve outright syntactic anomaly, deviating from previous reports of P600. Kim and Osterhout (2005) attributed such P600 effects to…
Descriptors: Sentences, Cues, Semantics, Conflict
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Crepaldi, Davide; Berlingeri, Manuela; Paulesu, Eraldo; Luzzatti, Claudio – Brain and Language, 2011
It is generally held that noun processing is specifically sub-served by temporal areas, while the neural underpinnings of verb processing are located in the frontal lobe. However, this view is now challenged by a significant body of evidence accumulated over the years. Moreover, the results obtained so far on the neural implementation of noun and…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Grammar, Language Processing
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Cai, Weidong; Oldenkamp, Caitlin L.; Aron, Adam R. – Brain and Language, 2012
Some situations require one to quickly stop an initiated response. Recent evidence suggests that rapid stopping engages a mechanism that has diffuse effects on the motor system. For example, stopping the hand dampens the excitability of the task-irrelevant leg. However, it is unclear whether this "global suppression" could apply across wider motor…
Descriptors: Motor Reactions, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Responses, Cognitive Processes
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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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Wallois, F.; Mahmoudzadeh, M.; Patil, A.; Grebe, R. – Brain and Language, 2012
One of the most challenging tasks in neuroscience in language studies, is investigation of the brain's ability to integrate and process information. This task can only be successfully addressed by applying various assessment techniques integrated into a multimodal approach. Each of these techniques has its advantages and disadvantages, but help to…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Research, Language Processing, Cognitive Processes
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Bedny, Marina; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Dravida, Swethasri; Saxe, Rebecca – Brain and Language, 2012
Recent evidence suggests that blindness enables visual circuits to contribute to language processing. We examined whether this dramatic functional plasticity has a sensitive period. BOLD fMRI signal was measured in congenitally blind, late blind (blindness onset 9-years-old or later) and sighted participants while they performed a sentence…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sentences, Blindness, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Weiller, Cornelius; Bormann, Tobias; Saur, Dorothee; Musso, Mariachristina; Rijntjes, Michel – Brain and Language, 2011
Textbooks dealing with the anatomical representation of language in the human brain display two language-related zones, Broca's area and Wernicke's area, connected by a single dorsal fiber tract, the arcuate fascicle. This classical model is incomplete. Modern imaging techniques have identified a second long association tract between the temporal…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, Language Processing
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Dieler, A. C.; Tupak, S. V.; Fallgatter, A. J. – Brain and Language, 2012
Over the past years functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has substantially contributed to the understanding of language and its neural correlates. In contrast to other imaging techniques, fNIRS is well suited to study language function in healthy and psychiatric populations due to its cheap and easy application in a quiet and natural…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Neurology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Correlation
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Gallagher, Anne; Beland, Renee; Lassonde, Maryse – Brain and Language, 2012
Before performing neurosurgery, an exhaustive presurgical assessment is required, usually including an investigation of language cerebral lateralization. Among the available procedures, the intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) was formerly the most widely used. However, this procedure has many limitations: it is invasive and potentially traumatic,…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Spectroscopy, Neurology, Receptive Language
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