The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for speech and language processing

I Hertrich, S Dietrich, C Blum… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review article summarizes various functions of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
(DLPFC) that are related to language processing. To this end, its connectivity with the left …

The role of the putamen in language: a meta-analytic connectivity modeling study

N Viñas-Guasch, YJ Wu - Brain Structure and Function, 2017 - Springer
The putamen is a subcortical structure that forms part of the dorsal striatum of basal ganglia,
and has traditionally been associated with reinforcement learning and motor control …

Meta-analysis of neural systems underlying placebo analgesia from individual participant fMRI data

M Zunhammer, T Spisák, TD Wager, U Bingel - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The brain systems underlying placebo analgesia are insufficiently understood. Here we
performed a systematic, participant-level meta-analysis of experimental functional …

Is mere exposure enough? The effects of bilingual environments on infant cognitive development

D D'Souza, D Brady, JX Haensel… - Royal Society open …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bilinguals purportedly outperform monolinguals in non-verbal tasks of cognitive control (the
'bilingual advantage'). The most common explanation is that managing two languages …

Precursors to language development in typically and atypically developing infants and toddlers: The importance of embracing complexity

D d'Souza, H d'Souza, A Karmiloff-Smith - Journal of child language, 2017 - cambridge.org
In order to understand how language abilities emerge in typically and atypically developing
infants and toddlers, it is important to embrace complexity in development. In this paper, we …

Evidence for an early novelty orientation in bilingual learners

L Singh - Child Development Perspectives, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bilingual environments are more complex than monolingual environments. To adapt to this
complexity, bilingual infants may navigate their environment in fundamentally different ways …

Working memory demand of a task modulates bilingual advantage in executive functions

L Jiao, C Liu, R Wang, B Chen - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of task demand in working memory
on bilingual cognitive advantage (interference suppression and response inhibition) in …

Early bilingual experience is associated with change detection ability in adults

D D'Souza, D Brady, JX Haensel, H D'Souza - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
To adapt to their more varied and unpredictable (language) environments, infants from
bilingual homes may gather more information (sample more of their environment) by shifting …

Processing of code-switched sentences by bilingual children: Cognitive and linguistic predictors

MC Gross, E Lopez, M Buac, M Kaushanskaya - Cognitive Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Production studies of language switching have identified costs in the speed and/or accuracy
of word production, but it is unclear whether processing costs are experienced by listeners …

A developmental approach to bilingual research: The effects of multi-language experience from early infancy to old age

R Filippi, D D'Souza, P Bright - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and objectives: In this commentary article we consider the benefits of adopting a
neuroconstructivist approach in the study of bilingualism in order to promote empirical and …