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{"title":"Do domain-general and language-specific genes affect bilingual language control? Evidence from delta oscillations","authors":"Shuang Liu ,&nbsp;Dongxue Liu ,&nbsp;John W. Schwieter ,&nbsp;Huanhuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101282","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101282","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Language control is a complex cognitive process that is subject to ongoing debate regarding its determining factors and relationship to domain-general control. Recently, researchers have begun examining the role of genetics in language control, yet our understanding of such influences, both language-specific and domain-general, remains limited. In the present study, bilinguals completed a cued language switching task while their brain activity was recorded by EEG. Analyses on behavioral performance and delta oscillations indicated that bilinguals with FOXP2-GA and those with BDNF-CC incurred switch costs or reversed switch costs that were modulated by language (L1 vs. L2) during the language schema selection phase. Similarly, BDNF-TT and KIBRA-CC + CT displayed the same pattern, but during the lexical selection response phase. These results suggest that the influence of genes on language control varies depending on the language. These findings indicate language control is a complex system that may reflect language-specific processes, while domain-general control plays a supplementary role.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144611597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cerebral reorganization patterns predicting language recovery in individuals with post-stroke anomia: Evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy","authors":"Meng-Huan Wang ,&nbsp;Jing Gao ,&nbsp;Wei-Wei Dou ,&nbsp;Lily Zihe Yin ,&nbsp;Ya-Ting Sun ,&nbsp;Zhong-Li Jiang ,&nbsp;Feng Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101280","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101280","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study integrates functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) with network-based statistics (NBS) to investigate the brain functional reorganization patterns in patients with post-stroke anomia (PSA) and their relationship with language recovery. The study included 28 patients with mild to moderate PSA and a matched healthy control group (HC). A parallel controlled trial design was employed to compare neural and behavioral changes before and after language intervention between the normal treatment (NT) and deferred treatment (DT) groups. The results revealed that: (1) in PSA patients, activation of the left hemisphere Broca's area and supramarginal gyrus (SMG) was significantly reduced during an overt naming task, while compensatory activation in the right hemisphere inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) was enhanced; (2) following treatment, the NT group exhibited a significant increase in hemodynamic responses and functional connectivity in the left hemisphere premotor and supplementary motor area (pSMA), Broca's area, and SMG, accompanied by a reduction in right hemisphere activation, whereas the DT group relied primarily on inefficient reorganization within the right hemisphere and visual cortex; (3) graph theory analysis demonstrated a significant positive correlation between node centrality in the left hemisphere Broca's area and SMG, as well as improvements in naming accuracy and language scores. The study confirms that efficient reorganization of the left hemisphere language network is a core mechanism underlying PSA recovery, with targeted language therapy promoting functional compensation through network integration, while spontaneous recovery depends on atypical pathways. This study provides dynamic evidence for the neuroplastic mechanisms of post-stroke language impairment and supports neuroimaging-based evidence for early clinical intervention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144549295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dynamic effect of context on processing L2 metaphors with varied conventionality: an ERP study","authors":"Zhao Yao,&nbsp;Xinle Huang,&nbsp;Mengrui Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101269","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The role of context in inferring the meaning of metaphors has been the focus of attention, yet it remains less clear how context takes effect in the online processing of L2 conventional and novel metaphors. We conducted a reading task, in which Chinese-English bilinguals were presented with conventional and novel metaphorical English sentences preceded by supportive or literal contexts, and were required to select an adjective matched with target sentences. We recorded EEG activity while participants read metaphorical sentences divided into three segments based on their syntactic structure (<em>X IS Y</em>). Results showed that novel metaphors in supportive contexts evoked an increased sustained negativity (600–800 ms) in the frontal region in the first two segments, a larger frontal N400 (350–450 ms) in the second and third segments, and a reduced late frontal positivity (550–800 ms) in the third segment than in literal contexts. These results showed that for novel metaphors, supportive context inhibits the early-stage lexical access but facilitates the late-stage integration of metaphorical meanings. However, no similar difference was observed for conventional metaphors, as their salient meanings could be directly accessed. This finding suggests that context plays a dynamic role in the time course of L2 metaphor processing, particularly for novel ones. In brief, this study reveals that metaphor conventionality can modulate the effect of context on L2 metaphor processing, thus complementing the debate over the role of context in L2 metaphor comprehension.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101269"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144241854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Noise influence on context formation and lexical retrieval in speech comprehension","authors":"Cheng-Hung Hsin ,&nbsp;Chia-Ying Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101270","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101270","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Context-based lexical predictions facilitate speech comprehension, but noise can disrupt these mechanisms by degrading context formation and word retrieval. This study investigated how noise affects the word predictability effect during comprehension through analysis of three event-related potentials: The N200, N400, and late positive component (LPC). Sixty participants listened to clear and noise-masked sentences ending with high- or low-predictability words for comprehension across two experiments. In Experiment 1, we masked sentence frames to degrade context while preserving final words. In Experiment 2, we masked final words to hinder retrieval while preserving context. Clear speech in Experiment 1 elicited a typical N400 predictability effect. Importantly, noisy contexts elicited both a frontal N200 predictability effect and an unattenuated early N400 effect, suggesting that enhanced sound-meaning processing maintains comprehension despite continuous noise. In Experiment 2, both clear and noisy final words produced N400 and posterior LPC predictability effects, indicating that reanalysis helps consolidate word representations affected by transient and unpredictable sentence-end noise. These findings highlight how context formation and word retrieval jointly shape prediction under adverse listening conditions. The N200 and LPC effects reveal mechanisms of early phonological analysis and late reanalysis that support comprehension despite challenging acoustics. Our results illuminate the distinct cognitive mechanisms that support comprehension resilience through context use and word processing, advancing theories of speech comprehension.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 101270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144231691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"N400 signatures of presupposition and assertion correlate with pragmatic mismatches, not with epistemic vigilance","authors":"Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri ,&nbsp;Giulia Giunta ,&nbsp;Viviana Masia ,&nbsp;Emanuele Maiorana ,&nbsp;Patrizio Campisi","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101268","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101268","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the N400 component, first identified in response to the presupposition of unshared information compared to the presupposition of shared information and the assertion of unshared information. Two hypotheses were tested: (i) the N400 only represents a pragmatic mismatch due to a less predicted informational packaging associated with some content, or (ii) it reflects variations in critical attention under different packaging conditions. Our findings support the first hypothesis. The N400 correlates with pragmatic mismatches between the linguistic encoding of content and its previous cognitive status, namely (1a) presupposition vs assertion of unshared information and (1b) presupposition of shared vs unshared information; and (2a) assertion vs presupposition of shared information and (2b) assertion of shared vs unshared information. The N400 is absent in equally matching conditions, i.e., the presupposition of shared content vs the assertion of unshared content (both matching) and the presupposition of unshared content vs the assertion of shared content (both mismatching). These conclusions offer insights into one of the key ERP components of language processing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101268"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who is ziji or ta-ziji ? An ERP study on the processing mechanism of Chinese bare and compound reflexives","authors":"Ruoxuan Zhu,&nbsp;Xingsan Chai","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101267","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101267","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies have shown that the constructed representations in online comprehension process are content-addressable, allowing the parser to retrieve dependencies between non-adjacent linguistic elements, such as reflexives and their antecedents, with syntactic and semantic cues serving as retrieval tools operating at distinct temporal stages. However, current research has not effectively addressed the retrieval patterns of Chinese <em>ziji</em> and <em>ta-ziji</em> in the binding of antecedents. This study employed event-related potentials (ERPs) to explore the roles of syntactic cues and animacy cues in the retrieval processes of <em>ziji</em> and <em>ta-ziji</em> using the sentence structure “P-NP1+VP1+P-NP2+ADV+VP2+<em>ziji</em>/<em>ta-ziji</em>+VP3+ADV+VP4+NP.” By constructing where reflexives could reference NP1, NP2, or both, the study examined cue effects. The results showed that <em>ta-ziji</em> elicited P300 and P600 effects when referencing out-of-domain antecedent NP1, reflecting the dominant role of syntactic cues in processing. In contrast, <em>ziji</em> did not produce significant electrophysiological responses but instead elicited P300 and P600 components when it could refer to both NP1 and NP2, indicating that animacy cues can guide the retrieval of <em>ziji</em> alongside syntactic cues during processing. These results suggest that the locality effect of <em>ta-ziji</em> is greater than that of <em>ziji</em>, with the former favoring the structure-favoring cue-based retrieval model, while the latter aligns with the standard cue-based retrieval model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144090430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rapid automatized naming neural networks in children and adults: Connections to reading and arithmetic fluency","authors":"Ningxin Zhao ,&nbsp;Jie Chen ,&nbsp;Yinan Wei ,&nbsp;Jia Zhang ,&nbsp;Guosheng Ding ,&nbsp;George Georgiou ,&nbsp;Xiangzhi Meng ,&nbsp;Xiujie Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emphasizing the rapid transition from written symbols to phonological information, rapid automatized naming (RAN) serves as a robust predictor of proficiency in both reading and arithmetic. The current study aimed to uncover the neural mechanism underlying RAN from childhood to adulthood and how its maturity contributes to the development of reading and arithmetic. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from 34 children (mean age = 11.82 years, <em>SD</em> = 1.13) and 29 adults (mean age = 23.47 years, <em>SD</em> = 2.41), we examined the relationship between RAN and the intrinsic whole-brain functional connectome. The findings revealed a thalamus-centric RAN network in children, whereas adults exhibited a distinct network dominated by left cortical regions. Additionally, two development-related indices were computed: the ‘adult-like’ network maturity, which assesses the degree of similarity between each child's RAN network pattern and the averaged adult network pattern; the ‘child-unique’ network strength, which measures the strength of connections within the RAN network specific to children. Significant positive correlations were observed between the adult-like maturity index and reading and arithmetic fluency in children, alongside the segregation of the reading and arithmetic networks. Notably, a validation analysis confirmed that these correlations were not attributed to the overall brain maturation. By shedding light on the specific contribution of neural mechanisms underlying RAN, this study offers insightful perspectives on the neural underpinnings of the developmental covariance between reading and arithmetic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101266"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143942876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attention moderates the AoA effect on second language vowel perception","authors":"Yuanyuan Li ,&nbsp;Jing Lu ,&nbsp;Haibo Zhang ,&nbsp;Cuicui Wang ,&nbsp;Vesa Putkinen ,&nbsp;Sha Tao","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101264","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101264","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Age of acquisition (AoA) may have long-lasting effects on second language learning, such as vowel perception, especially in immersion contexts. However, it's important to note that an earlier start of second language learning may not be equally important for all learners. Identifying the key individual characteristics that moderate the AoA effect is essential to elucidate the nature of the AoA effect. This study aimed to investigate the significance of the AoA effect in a non-immersion second language learning context and examine whether individual characteristics, such as second language proficiency, general auditory processing, and attention switching abilities may moderate this effect. Fifty-eight native Chinese-speaking university students, with over ten years of non-immersion English learning, participated in tasks assessing English vowel perception, non-linguistic sound perception, and attention switching ability. The results showed that the AoA effect remained significant among non-immersion Chinese English learners. Moreover, stronger individual attention switching and higher English listening proficiency, but not auditory processing ability, buffered the AoA effect. The moderating effect of attention switching remained significant even after controlling for the moderating effect of English listening proficiency. Earlier start of second language learning may be particularly important for learners with a slower attention switch (indicated by a longer P3 latency) to learn speech perception, while not so much for those with a quicker attention switch (indicated by a shorter P3 latency). The findings were the first empirical evidence highlighting that the AoA effect on second language learning in non-immersive contexts may differ by learners' cognitive ability. The present study expanded the knowledge of the complexity of the AoA effect to more specific individual characteristics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101264"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ERP evidence on the regulation of negative emotions by verbal humor in subthreshold depression individuals","authors":"Xueyan Li ,&nbsp;Bo Zhao ,&nbsp;Han Wang ,&nbsp;Huili Wang ,&nbsp;Yue Hu ,&nbsp;Bin Long ,&nbsp;Xiao Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101263","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101263","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Verbal humor, which integrates both cognitive and affective aspects, has been shown to effectively regulate negative emotions. However, there is limited temporal evidence regarding the underlying mechanisms of this regulation in individuals with subthreshold depression. In light of the three stages involved in verbal-humor processing, this study aims to explore group differences in the neural mechanisms of negative emotion regulation through verbal humor between individuals with subthreshold depression and healthy controls. Thirty-nine participants provided two emotion ratings after exposure to negative priming words and after viewing either humorous or neutral regulating stimuli. Behavioral results indicated distinct differences in emotion ratings between conditions in both groups, with larger differences observed in the humorous condition, suggesting that verbal humor plays a significant role in regulating negative emotions. The ERP results revealed that activation of the N400 and LPP components was significantly enhanced under humorous conditions, reflecting the joint regulation of cognitive and affective aspects in verbal-humor processing. Compared to healthy controls, the subthreshold depression group exhibited overall less N400 activation in the right central region. The LPP evoked in individuals with subthreshold depression was significantly lower compared to controls in neutral conditions, with no significant difference observed in the humorous condition. ERO results further demonstrated the effect of subthreshold depression on oscillatory changes in the regulation of negative emotions through verbal humor, showing that the subthreshold depression group exhibited lower activation in the theta and beta bands. Collectively, these results affirm that verbal humor can regulate negative emotions in individuals with subthreshold depression, albeit to a somewhat lesser extent within this group. Regarding the cognitive aspect of verbal humor, individuals with subthreshold depression exhibited a diminished ability to detect incongruities. Additionally, concerning the affective aspect of verbal humor, individuals with subthreshold depression showed a reduced tendency to engage with positive emotions. Future research could further explore the neural mechanisms by which individuals with subthreshold depression utilize verbal humor to regulate negative emotions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143922820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The dissociation of grammatical category from multiple levels in the neural representation of words: stress typicality effect among Chinese EFL learners","authors":"Yaxuan Meng ,&nbsp;Juan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneuroling.2025.101265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aimed to dissociate grammatical category from multiple levels during the processing of stress typicality, with a focus on understanding how class information is represented among Chinese speakers who learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Disyllabic English words were used as stimuli and three event-related potentials (ERPs) components, including P200, N400, and LPC (late positive component), were analyzed across two tasks that varied in their direct utilization of grammatical cue: lexical decision task in Experiment 1 and grammatical classification task in Experiment 2. Our findings indicate differences between words exhibiting distinct stress and grammatical patterns, suggesting that prosodic and grammatical cues are dissociated early around 200 ms, and continue to influence lexical access into later time windows. Additionally, the direct tapping of grammatical cues appears to impact how classes are processed, as differences between tasks were observed. In summary, our results reveal that grammatical class could be represented at the orthographic level and dissociated from prosody at an early stage. Furthermore, the representation of grammatical class among Chinese EFL learners may be independent of semantics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50118,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neurolinguistics","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143922818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}