Classical models have traditionally focused on the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's
area) as a key region for motor planning of speech production. However, converging …

The anatomy of language has been investigated with PET or fMRI for more than 20years.
Here I attempt to provide an overview of the brain areas associated with heard speech …

There is considerable interest in the structural and functional properties of the angular gyrus
(AG). Located in the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule, the AG has been shown in …

Semantic memory refers to knowledge about people, objects, actions, relations, self, and
culture acquired through experience. The neural systems that store and retrieve this …

In the first decade of neurocognitive word production research the predominant approach
was brain mapping, ie, investigating the regional cerebral brain activation patterns …

Measuring event-related potentials (ERPs) has been fundamental to our understanding of
how language is encoded in the brain. One particular ERP response, the N400 response …

Reading in many alphabetic writing systems depends on both item-specific knowledge used
to read irregular words (sew, yacht) and generative spelling–sound knowledge used to read …

Although ventral parietal cortex (VPC) activations can be found in a variety of cognitive
domains, these activations have been typically attributed to cognitive operations specific to …

An extensive program of research in the past 2 decades has focused on the role of modal
sensory, motor, and affective brain systems in storing and retrieving concept knowledge …

The expressive power of language lies in its ability to construct an infinite array of ideas out
of a finite set of pieces. Surprisingly, few neurolinguistic investigations probe the basic …