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Modulating language and executive functions in bilingual aphasia with cerebellar tDCS: a case series 小脑tDCS调节双语失语症的语言和执行功能：一个案例系列

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105617

Silke Coemans , Esli Struys , Kyrana Tsapkini , Vânia de Aguiar , Sebastiaan Engelborghs , Jean-Christophe Bier , Philippe Paquier , Stefanie Keulen

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Mental simulation in bilingual and second language processing: New directions in the Competition Model 双语和第二语言加工中的心理模拟：竞争模型的新方向

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105619

Helen Zhao , Norbert Vanek , Brian MacWhinney

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Distinct and overlapping neural correlates of English L2 and coding learning in Chinese preschoolers: An fNIRS study 中国学龄前儿童英语第二语言与编码学习的不同和重叠的神经关联：一项fNIRS研究

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105611

Jinfeng Yang , Dandan Wu , Keya Ding , Xinyi Dong , Jinwen Li , Hui Li

{"title":"Distinct and overlapping neural correlates of English L2 and coding learning in Chinese preschoolers: An fNIRS study","authors":"Jinfeng Yang , Dandan Wu , Keya Ding , Xinyi Dong , Jinwen Li , Hui Li","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This fNIRS study investigated the neural correlates of English L2 vocabulary and coding learning in 51 Chinese-speaking preschoolers (28 boys; <em>M <sub>age</sub></em> = 5.78 years, <em>SD <sub>age</sub></em> = 0.92). We hypothesized that L2 vocabulary learning would engage language-related brain regions while Coding would activate visuospatial areas. Results revealed distinct activation patterns: L2 vocabulary learning elicited decreased activation in right prefrontal regions (BA10, BA46), potentially reflecting increased neural efficiency, while coding increased activation in left prefrontal and premotor areas (BA6, BA9, BA44), consistent with visuospatial and planning demands. Functional connectivity analyses revealed stronger interhemispheric connectivity during word learning. Chinese literacy skills negatively correlated with brain activation during L2 word learning, suggesting greater neural efficiency in children with stronger L1 skills. This relationship was less robust for Coding. These findings elucidate the distinct neural substrates of early language and coding acquisition and inform educational strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"269 ","pages":"Article 105611"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144623859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Parafoveally perceived orthographic cues facilitate foveal semantic processing: Evidence from event-related potentials 中央凹旁知觉的正字法线索促进中央凹语义加工：来自事件相关电位的证据

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105609

Brian Nestor , Ayah Elaboudi , Sara Milligan , Elizabeth R. Schotter

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Six advances in research on bilingualism 双语研究的六个进展

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105614

Brian MacWhinney , Zhe Gao

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Dissociating the time courses of age of acquisition effect and word frequency effect during Chinese spoken word production 解离汉语口语词汇产生过程中习得年龄效应和词频效应的时间过程

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105618

Yuxi Zhou, Qingfang Zhang

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Effects of object familiarity on children’s silent gestures 物体熟悉度对儿童无声手势的影响

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105612

Elena Nicoladis , Josiah Goetze

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Neural associations between fingerspelling, print, and signs: An ERP priming study with deaf readers 手印、手印和手语之间的神经联系：对失聪读者的ERP启动研究

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105610

Brittany Lee , Sofia E. Ortega , Priscilla M. Martinez , Katherine J. Midgley , Phillip J. Holcomb , Karen Emmorey

{"title":"Neural associations between fingerspelling, print, and signs: An ERP priming study with deaf readers","authors":"Brittany Lee , Sofia E. Ortega , Priscilla M. Martinez , Katherine J. Midgley , Phillip J. Holcomb , Karen Emmorey","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105610","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105610","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fingerspelling is a leading predictor of reading ability for deaf people who use a signed language, but few neuroimaging studies have examined how it supports reading. We used event-related potentials to investigate how fingerspelled words prime printed words. Twenty-four skilled deaf adult readers completed a Go/No-Go task while viewing printed English word targets following related and unrelated primes in one of three conditions: printed English words, American Sign Language (ASL) signs, and fingerspelled words. N400 priming effects were strong across all three conditions. Early N400 effects were similar for printed word primes and fingerspelled word primes, suggesting shared orthographic representations. Late N400 effects were strongest for printed word primes, reflecting less effortful processing when primes and targets were in the same printed modality. These findings provide evidence for cross-language and cross-modal priming between fingerspelled and printed words and underscore the importance of fingerspelling in developing word representations for skilled reading.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105610"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144548427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Temporal dynamics of syntax and semantics during minimal hierarchical structure processing 最小层次结构处理过程中语法和语义的时间动态

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105608

Zhenghui Sun , Yajiao Shi , Xiaopu Hou , Dawei Xiang , Yiming Yang

{"title":"Temporal dynamics of syntax and semantics during minimal hierarchical structure processing","authors":"Zhenghui Sun , Yajiao Shi , Xiaopu Hou , Dawei Xiang , Yiming Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105608","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105608","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ability to construct hierarchical structures through syntactic Merge and semantic processes is a cornerstone of human language. Despite decades of debate over serial vs. parallel interaction processing models, the temporal dynamics underlying the interaction between syntax and semantics during even minimal hierarchical structure construction remain unclear. To address this, we employed a 2 (Sequence rules: hierarchical vs. linear) × 2 (Semantics: associated vs. unassociated) design in verb-noun sequences to disentangle syntax and semantics processing. We recorded the EEG data while 48 Chinese speakers read two words successively under a one-word probe task. The results from ERP and multivariate pattern classification analysis demonstrated (1) early syntactic Merge processing, and (2) the progressively intensifying interplay between syntax and semantics, where syntactic processing establishes structure stably from the early-stage while semantic processing incrementally intensifies over time. These findings challenge traditional serial and parallel processing models by uncovering simultaneous yet distinct temporal trajectory of syntactic and semantic processing. By bridging principles of the Minimalist Program with empirical evidence, we propose a dynamic parallel interaction processing model, highlighting the distinct but interdependent roles of syntax and semantics, with syntax serving as a foundational scaffold and semantics contributing the depth and variability needed for meaningful communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"268 ","pages":"Article 105608"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144322800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Neural dynamics decoding of the influence of modal properties on referential shifting: A univariate and multivariate EEG analysis 模态特性对参考移位影响的神经动力学解码：单变量和多变量脑电图分析

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105600

Yanbing Hu , Xiaofeng Ma , Aibao Zhou

{"title":"Neural dynamics decoding of the influence of modal properties on referential shifting: A univariate and multivariate EEG analysis","authors":"Yanbing Hu , Xiaofeng Ma , Aibao Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105600","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105600","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In linguistics, the referential target of pronouns can shift depending on context, known as “shifting.” Previous research has mainly focused on how contextual factors affect this shift, without exploring whether different perceptual modalities (e.g., visual and auditory) also influence shifting. To address this, the current study used an oddball paradigm to examine the neural dynamics of different pronouns across perceptual modalities. Results showed that in the visual modality, first-person and third-person pronouns differed significantly in neural activity during the N400 window, indicating self-other separation. MVPA results confirmed this separation in ERP and theta signals. In the auditory modality, second-person and third-person pronouns also exhibited significant separation in the N400 window, similar to the visual pattern. In the alpha band, significant separation between second-person and third-person pronouns was observed only in the auditory modality. These findings suggest that shifting effects are influenced by perceptual modalities in addition to context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"267 ","pages":"Article 105600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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