In an ERP experiment we investigated how the recruitment and integration of world
knowledge information relate to the integration of information within a current discourse …

Both local discourse and world knowledge are known to influence sentence processing. We
investigated how these two sources of information conspire in language comprehension …

We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to characterize cortical activation
associated with sentence processing, thereby elucidating where in the brain auditory and …

Although language is thought of as a left hemisphere function, there is increasing evidence
that the right hemisphere contributes to language processing by identifying the theme of …

Previous research suggests that the right hemisphere (RH) may contribute uniquely to the
processing of metaphoric language. However, most studies have focused on familiar …

In psycholinguistic research, there has been considerable interest in understanding the
interactions of difFerent types of linguistic information during language processing. For …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights some key neuroimaging studies of discourse
processing. Some of the components of discourse processing revealed by neuroimaging …

What role does meaning selection play in word comprehension, and what neural systems
support this selection process? Most words have multiple meanings and are therefore …

Two experiments investigated the time-course of semantic and syntactic processes in
auditory language comprehension as well as their possible functional dependencies, using …

Both cerebral hemispheres are involved in language processing, each playing a unique role
that may derive from differences in knowledge organization and on-line meaning integration …