The anatomy of language has been investigated with PET or fMRI for more than 20years.
Here I attempt to provide an overview of the brain areas associated with heard speech …

Language processing is a trait of human species. The knowledge about its neurobiological
basis has been increased considerably over the past decades. Different brain regions in the …

Languages can use a common repertoire of vocal sounds to signify distinct meanings. In
tonal languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, pitch contours of syllables distinguish one …

A landmark account of the neurobiological basis of language—arguing that species-specific
brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language makes …

The ability to learn language is a human trait. In adults and children, brain imaging studies
have shown that auditory language activates a bilateral frontotemporal network with a left …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Lesion and neuroimaging studies indicate that the insula mediates motor aspects of speech
production, specifically, articulatory control. Although it has direct connections to Broca's …

This study reports an activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta‐analysis of imaging studies
of chronic developmental stuttering in adults. Two parallel meta‐analyses were carried …

Is the neuroanatomy of the language structural connectome modulated by the life-long
experience of speaking a specific language? The current study compared the brain white …

The brain operates through the synaptic interaction of distant neurons within flexible, often
heterogeneous, distributed systems. Histological studies have detailed the connections …