To understand the architecture of human language, it is critical to examine diverse
languages; however, most cognitive neuroscience research has focused on only a handful …

While a long history of neuropsychological research places language function within a
primarily left-lateralized frontotemporal system, recent neuroimaging work has extended this …

Abstract Language behaviour is complex, but neuroscientific evidence disentangles it into
distinct components supported by dedicated brain areas or networks. In this Review, we …

The “core language network” consists of left frontal and temporal regions that are selectively
engaged in linguistic processing. Whereas functional differences among these regions have …

Abstract Language is a key human faculty for communication and interaction that provides
invaluable insight into the human mind. Previous work has dissected different linguistic …

Our core hypothesis is that the emergence of our species-specific language-ready brain
ought to be understood in light of the developmental changes expressed at the levels of …

Although the classical core regions of the language system (Broca's and Wernicke's areas)
were defined over a century ago, it took the advent of functional imaging to sharpen our …

Highlights•More brain regions than Broca's and Wernicke's area are crucial for
language.•Neural infrastructure is shared between language production and …

In this Review, I propose a multiple-network view for the neurobiological basis of distinctly
human language skills. A much more complex picture of interacting brain areas emerges …

The biological foundation for the language-ready brain in the human lineage remains a
debated subject. In humans, the arcuate fasciculus (AF) white matter and the posterior …