A neurosurgical functional dissection of the middle precentral gyrus during speech production

AB Silva, JR Liu, L Zhao, DF Levy, TL Scott… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Classical models have traditionally focused on the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's
area) as a key region for motor planning of speech production. However, converging …

Musicality in human vocal communication: an evolutionary perspective

JD Leongómez, J Havlíček… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Studies show that specific vocal modulations, akin to those of infant-directed speech (IDS)
and perhaps music, play a role in communicating intentions and mental states during human …

[HTML][HTML] Intraoperative cortical localization of music and language reveals signatures of structural complexity in posterior temporal cortex

MJ McCarty, E Murphy, X Scherschligt, O Woolnough… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Language and music involve the productive combination of basic units into structures. It
remains unclear whether brain regions sensitive to linguistic and musical structure are co …

Direct electrical stimulation of the left frontal aslant tract disrupts sentence planning without affecting articulation

BL Chernoff, MH Sims, SO Smith… - Cognitive …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Sentence production involves mapping from deep structures that specify meaning and
thematic roles to surface structures that specify the order and sequencing of production …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical encoding of manual articulatory and linguistic features in American Sign Language

MK Leonard, B Lucas, S Blau, DP Corina, EF Chang - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
The fluent production of a signed language requires exquisite coordination of sensory,
motor, and cognitive processes. Similar to speech production, language produced with the …

Beyond language: mapping cognition and emotion

G Herbet, S Moritz-Gasser - Neurosurgery Clinics, 2019 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Intraoperative functional mapping in “awake” surgery is a long-standing surgical technique,
widely initiated by Wilder G. Penfield 1 and Georges Ojemann 2, 3 in the second half of the …

A modified neural circuit framework for semantic memory retrieval with implications for circuit modulation to treat verbal retrieval deficits

HS Chiang, RA Mudar, CS Dugas, MA Motes… - Brain and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Word finding difficulty is a frequent complaint in older age and disease states, but treatment
options are lacking for such verbal retrieval deficits. Better understanding of the …

Different music training modulates theta brain oscillations associated with executive function

J Wang, R Xu, X Guo, S Guo, J Zhou, J Lu, D Yao - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Different music training involves different hand coordination levels and may have a
significant influence on brain oscillation for the executive function. However, few research …

The musical brain, volume II

J Fritz, A Belfi, J Grahn, J Iversen, I Peretz… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In the earlier Musical Brain Special Issue, there was also tremendous interest in
perspectives on music from voices outside academia-for example the second most viewed …

[HTML][HTML] Awake craniotomy and intraoperative musical performance for brain tumor surgery: case report and literature review

CE Mackel, EE Orrego-Gonzalez… - Brain Tumor Research …, 2023 - synapse.koreamed.org
Music experience and creation is a complex phenomenon that involves multiple brain
structures. Music mapping during awake brain surgery, in addition to standard speech and …