Unlike many species, song learning birds and humans have independently evolved the
ability to communicate via learned vocalizations. Both birdsong and spoken language are …

The “Narratives” collection aggregates a variety of functional MRI datasets collected while
human subjects listened to naturalistic spoken stories. The current release includes 345 …

The ability to use language makes us human. For decades, researchers have been racking
their minds to understand the relation between language and the human brain …

Brain imaging methods such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) have already been used to decipher the functional and …

Sign language (SL) conveys linguistic information using gestures instead of sounds. Here,
we apply a meta‐analytic estimation approach to neuroimaging studies (N= 23; subjects …

Grammar is central to any natural language. In the past decades, the artificial grammar of the
AnBn type in which a pair of associated elements can be nested in the other pair was …

The interlocking roles of lexical, syntactic and semantic processing in language
comprehension has been the subject of longstanding debate. Recently, the cortical …

Actions have been proposed to follow hierarchical principles similar to those hypothesized
for language syntax. These structural similarities are claimed to be reflected in the common …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease that presents with profound
changes in social cognition. Music might be a sensitive probe for social cognition abilities …

Purpose This research investigated the nature of cognitive decline in prodromal Alzheimer's
disease (AD), particularly in mild cognitive impairment, amnestic type (aMCI). We assessed …