Lack of selectivity for syntax relative to word meanings throughout the language network

E Fedorenko, IA Blank, M Siegelman, Z Mineroff - Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
To understand what you are reading now, your mind retrieves the meanings of words and
constructions from a linguistic knowledge store (lexico-semantic processing) and identifies …

Lexical and syntactic representations in the brain: an fMRI investigation with multi-voxel pattern analyses

E Fedorenko, A Nieto-Castanon, N Kanwisher - Neuropsychologia, 2012 - Elsevier
Work in theoretical linguistics and psycholinguistics suggests that human linguistic
knowledge forms a continuum between individual lexical items and abstract syntactic …

Composition is the core driver of the language-selective network

F Mollica, M Siegelman, E Diachek… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
The frontotemporal language network responds robustly and selectively to sentences. But
the features of linguistic input that drive this response and the computations that these …

Form and content: dissociating syntax and semantics in sentence comprehension

M Dapretto, SY Bookheimer - Neuron, 1999 - cell.com
The distinction between syntax (sentence form) and semantics (sentence meaning) is
fundamental to our thinking about language. Whether and where this distinction is …

The neural basis of combinatory syntax and semantics

L Pylkkänen - Science, 2019 - science.org
Human language allows us to create an infinitude of ideas from a finite set of basic building
blocks. What is the neurobiology of this combinatory system? Research has begun to dissect …

Precision fMRI reveals that the language-selective network supports both phrase-structure building and lexical access during language production

J Hu, H Small, H Kean, A Takahashi… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A fronto-temporal brain network has long been implicated in language comprehension.
However, this network's role in language production remains debated. In particular, it …

[HTML][HTML] Grounding the neurobiology of language in first principles: The necessity of non-language-centric explanations for language comprehension

U Hasson, G Egidi, M Marelli, RM Willems - Cognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent decades have ushered in tremendous progress in understanding the neural basis of
language. Most of our current knowledge on language and the brain, however, is derived …

Common and distinct neural substrates for pragmatic, semantic, and syntactic processing of spoken sentences: an fMRI study

GR Kuperberg, PK McGuire, ET Bullmore… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2000 - direct.mit.edu
Extracting meaning from speech requires the use of pragmatic, semantic, and syntactic
information. A central question is: Does the processing of these different types of linguistic …

fMRI reveals language-specific predictive coding during naturalistic sentence comprehension

C Shain, IA Blank, M van Schijndel, W Schuler… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Much research in cognitive neuroscience supports prediction as a canonical computation of
cognition across domains. Is such predictive coding implemented by feedback from higher …

A neurocognitive perspective on language: The declarative/procedural model

MT Ullman - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2001 - nature.com
What are the psychological, computational and neural underpinnings of language? Are
these neurocognitive correlates dedicated to language? Do different parts of language …