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Pathways to language: fiber tracts in the human brain

Angela D. Friederici
- 01 Apr 2009 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 4, pp 175-181
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The human language function is based on the grey matter of circumscribed brain regions in the frontal and the temporal cortex but moreover on the white matter fiber tracts connecting these regions, which are considered to be crucial for the evolution of human language, which is characterized by the ability to process syntactically complex sentences.
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This article is published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.The article was published on 2009-04-01. It has received 464 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Temporal cortex & Extreme capsule.

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Large-scale brain networks in cognition: emerging methods and principles

TL;DR: It is argued that the emerging science of large-scale brain networks provides a coherent framework for understanding of cognition that allows a principled exploration of how cognitive functions emerge from, and are constrained by, core structural and functional networks of the brain.
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The Brain Basis of Language Processing: From Structure to Function

TL;DR: Networks involving the temporal cortex and the inferior frontal cortex with a clear left lateralization were shown to support syntactic processes, whereas less lateralized temporo-frontal networks subserve semantic processes.
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The Neural Architecture of the Language Comprehension Network: Converging Evidence from Lesion and Connectivity Analyses

TL;DR: The left MTG showed a particularly extensive structural and functional connectivity pattern which is consistent with the severity of the impairments associated with MTG lesions and which suggests a central role for this region in language comprehension.
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Sensorimotor Integration in Speech Processing: Computational Basis and Neural Organization

TL;DR: An integrative model of the speech-related "dorsal stream" in which sensorimotor interaction primarily supports speech production, in the form of a state feedback control architecture, and evidence shows that this influence is modulatory but not necessary for speech perception.
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The cortical language circuit: from auditory perception to sentence comprehension

TL;DR: The model proposed here describes the functional neuroanatomy of the different processing steps from auditory perception to comprehension as located in different gray matter brain regions, and specifies the information flow between these regions, taking into account white matter fiber tract connections.
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