Advances in human intracranial electroencephalography research, guidelines and good practices

MR Mercier, AS Dubarry, F Tadel, P Avanzini… - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the second half of the twentieth century, intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG),
including both electrocorticography (ECoG) and stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG) …

The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain

E Fedorenko, AA Ivanova, TI Regev - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Language behaviour is complex, but neuroscientific evidence disentangles it into
distinct components supported by dedicated brain areas or networks. In this Review, we …

A high-performance speech neuroprosthesis

FR Willett, EM Kunz, C Fan, DT Avansino, GH Wilson… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Speech brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to restore rapid communication
to people with paralysis by decoding neural activity evoked by attempted speech into text, or …

Speech synthesis from neural decoding of spoken sentences

GK Anumanchipalli, J Chartier, EF Chang - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Technology that translates neural activity into speech would be transformative for people
who are unable to communicate as a result of neurological impairments. Decoding speech …

Neural mechanisms of sustained attention are rhythmic

RF Helfrich, IC Fiebelkorn, SM Szczepanski, JJ Lin… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Classic models of attention suggest that sustained neural firing constitutes a neural correlate
of sustained attention. However, recent evidence indicates that behavioral performance …

[HTML][HTML] Old brains come uncoupled in sleep: slow wave-spindle synchrony, brain atrophy, and forgetting

RF Helfrich, BA Mander, WJ Jagust, RT Knight… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The coupled interaction between slow-wave oscillations and sleep spindles during non-
rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep has been proposed to support memory consolidation …

A neurosurgical functional dissection of the middle precentral gyrus during speech production

AB Silva, JR Liu, L Zhao, DF Levy, TL Scott… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
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 …

Broca's area is not a natural kind

E Fedorenko, IA Blank - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Theories of human cognition prominently feature'Broca's area', which causally contributes to
a myriad of mental functions. However, Broca's area is not a monolithic, multipurpose unit–it …

A speech planning network for interactive language use

GA Castellucci, CK Kovach, MA Howard III… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
During conversation, people take turns speaking by rapidly responding to their partners
while simultaneously avoiding interruption,. Such interactions display a remarkable degree …

Distributed feedforward and feedback cortical processing supports human speech production

R Wang, X Chen, A Khalilian-Gourtani… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Speech production is a complex human function requiring continuous feedforward
commands together with reafferent feedback processing. These processes are carried out …