A systematic literature review of sex differences in childhood language and brain development

A Etchell, A Adhikari, LS Weinberg, AL Choo… - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
The extent of sex differences in childhood language development is unclear. We conducted
a systematic literature review synthesizing results from studies examining sex differences in …

How does hemispheric specialization contribute to human-defining cognition?

G Hartwigsen, Y Bengio, D Bzdok - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Uniquely human cognitive faculties arise from flexible interplay between specific local neural
modules, with hemispheric asymmetries in functional specialization. Here, we discuss how …

The relationship between axon density, myelination, and fractional anisotropy in the human corpus callosum

P Friedrich, C Fraenz, C Schlüter, S Ocklenburg… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The corpus callosum serves the functional integration and interaction between the two
hemispheres. Many studies investigate callosal microstructure via diffusion tensor imaging …

Differences in brain morphology and working memory capacity across childhood

J Bathelt, SE Gathercole, A Johnson… - Developmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Working memory (WM) skills are closely associated with learning progress in key areas such
as reading and mathematics across childhood. As yet, however, little is known about how …

Speech processing and plasticity in the right hemisphere predict variation in adult foreign language learning

Z Qi, M Han, Y Wang, C de Los Angeles, Q Liu, K Garel… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Foreign language learning in adulthood often takes place in classrooms where learning
outcomes vary widely among students, for both initial learning and long-term retention …

Effect of corpus callosum agenesis on the language network in children and adolescents

L Bartha-Doering, E Schwartz, K Kollndorfer… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
The present study is interested in the role of the corpus callosum in the development of the
language network. We, therefore, investigated language abilities and the language network …

Corpus callosum anatomical changes in Alzheimer patients and the effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on corpus callosum morphometry

RR Khasawneh, E Abu-El-Rub, A Alzu'bi… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Corpus Callosum (CC) is an important structure that includes the majority of fibers
connecting the two brain hemispheres. Several neurodegenerative diseases may alter CC …

MEG imaging of recurrent gliomas reveals functional plasticity of hemispheric language specialization

T Traut, N Sardesh, L Bulubas, A Findlay… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In patients with gliomas, changes in hemispheric specialization for language determined by
magnetoencephalography (MEG) were analyzed to elucidate the impact of treatment and …

Frontal language areas do not emerge in the absence of temporal language areas: A case study of an individual born without a left temporal lobe

G Tuckute, A Paunov, H Kean, H Small, Z Mineroff… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Language processing relies on a left-lateralized fronto-temporal brain network. How
this network emerges ontogenetically remains debated. We asked whether frontal language …

[HTML][HTML] Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: regional differences and cognitive relevance

VM Danielsen, D Vidal-Piñeiro, AM Mowinckel… - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
The cerebral hemispheres are specialized for different cognitive functions and receive
divergent information from the sensory organs, so that the interaction between the …