Cortical, subcortical, and cerebellar contributions to language processing: A meta-analytic review of 403 neuroimaging experiments.

S Turker, P Kuhnke, SB Eickhoff, S Caspers… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Language is a key human faculty for communication and interaction that provides
invaluable insight into the human mind. Previous work has dissected different linguistic …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analytic evidence for a novel hierarchical model of conceptual processing

P Kuhnke, MC Beaupain, J Arola, M Kiefer… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conceptual knowledge plays a pivotal role in human cognition. Grounded cognition theories
propose that concepts consist of perceptual-motor features represented in modality-specific …

Sex and age differences in “theory of mind” across 57 countries using the English version of the “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test

DM Greenberg, V Warrier, A Abu-Akel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test (Eyes Test) is a widely used assessment of “theory
of mind.” The NIMH Research Domain Criteria recommends it as one of two tests for …

Social semantics: the organization and grounding of abstract concepts

PM Pexman, V Diveica… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract concepts, like justice and friendship, are central features of our daily lives.
Traditionally, abstract concepts are distinguished from other concepts in that they cannot be …

Quantifying social semantics: An inclusive definition of socialness and ratings for 8388 English words

V Diveica, PM Pexman, RJ Binney - Behavior Research Methods, 2023 - Springer
It has been proposed that social experience plays an important role in the grounding of
concepts, and socialness has been proffered as a fundamental organisational principle …

The cross-domain functional organization of posterior lateral temporal cortex: insights from ALE meta-analyses of 7 cognitive domains spanning 12,000 participants

VJ Hodgson, MA Lambon Ralph, RL Jackson - Cerebral cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The posterior lateral temporal cortex is implicated in many verbal, nonverbal, and social
cognitive domains and processes. Yet without directly comparing these disparate domains …

The role of the ventrolateral anterior temporal lobes in social cognition

E Balgova, V Diveica, J Walbrin… - Human Brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A key challenge for neurobiological models of social cognition is to elucidate whether brain
regions are specialised for that domain. In recent years, discussion surrounding the role of …

Representation of event and object concepts in ventral anterior temporal lobe and angular gyrus

Y Zhang, W Wu, D Mirman, P Hoffman - Cerebral Cortex, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Semantic knowledge includes understanding of objects and their features and also
understanding of the characteristics of events. The hub-and-spoke theory holds that these …

Default mode network shows distinct emotional and contextual responses yet common effects of retrieval demands across tasks

NE Souter, A de Freitas, M Zhang, X Shao… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The default mode network (DMN) lies towards the heteromodal end of the principal gradient
of intrinsic connectivity, maximally separated from the sensory‐motor cortex. It supports …

[HTML][HTML] Overlapping neural correlates underpin theory of mind and semantic cognition: evidence from a meta-analysis of 344 functional neuroimaging studies

E Balgova, V Diveica, RL Jackson, RJ Binney - Neuropsychologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Key unanswered questions for cognitive neuroscience include whether social cognition is
underpinned by specialised brain regions and to what extent it simultaneously depends on …