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 …

Brightening the study of listening effort with functional near-infrared spectroscopy: A scoping review

HE Shatzer, FA Russo - Seminars in Hearing, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Listening effort is a long-standing area of interest in auditory cognitive neuroscience. Prior
research has used multiple techniques to shed light on the neurophysiological mechanisms …

Cross-modal functional connectivity supports speech understanding in cochlear implant users

AM Fullerton, DA Vickers, R Luke, AN Billing… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sensory deprivation can lead to cross-modal cortical changes, whereby sensory brain
regions deprived of input may be recruited to perform atypical function. Enhanced cross …

Improved speech intelligibility in the presence of congruent vibrotactile speech input

A Schulte, J Marozeau, A Ruhe, A Büchner, A Kral… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Vibrotactile stimulation is believed to enhance auditory speech perception, offering potential
benefits for cochlear implant (CI) users who may utilize compensatory sensory strategies …

Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography

D Yang, AM Svoboda, TG George, PK Mansfield… - Molecular Autism, 2024 - Springer
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by
social communication deficits plus repetitive behaviors and restricted interests, currently …

Cortical responses correlate with speech performance in pre-lingually deaf cochlear implant children

XQ Zhou, QL Zhang, X Xi, MR Leng, H Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Cochlear implantation is currently the most successful intervention for severe-to-
profound sensorineural hearing loss, particularly in deaf infants and children. Nonetheless …

Impact of inner ear malformation and cochlear nerve deficiency on the development of auditory-language network in children with profound sensorineural hearing loss

Y Wang, M Jiang, Y Zhu, L Xue, W Shu, X Li, H Chen… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Profound congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) prevents children from developing
spoken language. Cochlear implantation and auditory brainstem implantation can provide …

Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy measures of neural activity in children with and without developmental language disorder during a working memory task

AS Hancock, CM Warren, TS Barrett… - Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) exhibit cognitive deficits
that interfere with their ability to learn language. Little is known about the functional …

Whole-head high-density diffuse optical tomography to map infant audio-visual responses to social and non-social stimuli

LH Collins-Jones, LK Gossé, B Blanco… - Imaging …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Infancy is a time of rapid brain development. High-density diffuse optical tomography (HD-
DOT) is an optical neuroimaging method that maps changes in cortical haemoglobin …

Predictive language processing: integrating comprehension and production, and what atypical populations can tell us

S Gastaldon, N Bonfiglio, F Vespignani… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Predictive processing, a crucial aspect of human cognition, is also relevant for language
comprehension. In everyday situations, we exploit various sources of information to …