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 …

The putamen is a subcortical structure that forms part of the dorsal striatum of basal ganglia,
and has traditionally been associated with reinforcement learning and motor control …

Broca's area in the posterior half of the left inferior frontal gyrus has long been thought to be
critical for speech production. The current view is that long-term speech production outcome …

We used fMRI in 85 healthy participants to investigate whether different parts of the left
supramarginal gyrus (SMG) are involved in processing phonological inputs and outputs. The …

Naturally acquiring a language shapes the human brain through a long-lasting learning and
practice process. This is supported by previous studies showing that managing more than …

Mindfulness is a meditation practice frequently associated with changes in subjective
evaluation of cognitive and sensorial experience, as well as with modifications of brain …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing crisis in psychiatric and
psychological care, contributing to what we have identified as a new psychological and …

Mental imagery is part of people's own internal processing and plays an important role in
everyday life, cognition and pathology. The neural network supporting mental imagery is …

Deficits in language comprehension have been widely reported in children with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), with behavioral and neuroimaging studies finding increased …

This fMRI study used a single, multi-factorial, within-subjects design to dissociate multiple
linguistic and non-linguistic processing areas that are all involved in repeating back heard …