Psychological constructs, such as emotions, thoughts, and attitudes are often measured by
asking individuals to reply to questions using closed-ended numerical rating scales …

The cerebellum has been known to play an important role in motor functions for many years.
More recently its role has been expanded to include a range of cognitive and sensory-motor …

Previous behavioural and neuroimaging research suggested distinct cortical systems
involved in processing abstract and concrete semantics; however, there is a dearth of causal …

Broca's area in the left hemisphere of the human neocortex has been suggested as a major
hub for acquisition, storage, and access of linguistic information, abstract words in particular …

Background and purpose Whereas traditional views of language processing in the brain
have assumed that the language function is concentrated to a limited number of cortical …

Assessing verbal output in category fluency tasks provides a sensitive indicator of cortical
dysfunction. The most common metrics are the overall number of words produced and the …

Unusual language use is a core feature of psychosis, but the nature and significance of this
are not understood. In particular, thought disorder in schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by …

The neural underpinnings of processing concrete and abstract semantics remain poorly
understood. Previous fMRI studies have shown that multimodal and amodal neural networks …

Neuropsychological, neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies demonstrate that
abstract and concrete word processing relies not only on the activity of a common bilateral …

Computer based analyses offer a possibility for objective methods to assess semantic-
linguistic quality of narratives at the text level. The aim of the present study is to investigate …