Again and again, attempts have been made to find correlates of sex/gender differences in
the human brain. Despite the insistence with which differences have been stated, empirical …

This study investigates acquisition of second language (L2) vocabulary from reading a
connected authentic text. Advanced and upper‐intermediate L2 (English) participants read a …

As the only species that evolved to possess a language faculty, humans have been
surprisingly generative in creating a diverse array of language systems. These systems vary …

When is an observed dissimilarity between brains of females and males a “sex” difference
and when is it a “gender” difference? The aim of this conceptual paper is to pinpoint the …

Previous studies have identified the critical role of the left fusiform cortex in visual word form
processing, learning, and memory. However, this so-called visual word form area's (VWFA) …

An intriguing discovery in recent years is that resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) is
associated with cognitive performance. The current study investigated whether RSFC within …

Previous studies have found that native Chinese speakers recruit the bilateral fusiform gyrus
to read English words, in the same manner as they read Chinese words (ie, the assimilation …

The Chinese language possesses linguistic properties that are distinct from those of the
most widely studied European languages. Given such uniqueness, research on the …

Language lateralization in the auditory modality occurs relatively early in pre-school
children. Instead, lateralization of linguistic processes involved in reading develops more …

This paper outlines the field of brain research devoted to the question of sex differences in
brain structure and function with implications for human behaviour and cognition. Based on …