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The neural response to highly iconic signs in hearing learners and deaf signers 听力学习者和聋人手语者对高度标志性符号的神经反应

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105687

Emily M. Akers , Katherine J. Midgley , Phillip J. Holcomb , Karen Emmorey

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The influence of L2 proficiency on orthographic coding flexibility is not a linear pattern: The role of orthographic regularity 二语熟练程度对正字法编码灵活性的影响不是线性模式，而是正字法规则的作用。

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105699

Fengjiao Cong , Siyi Jiang , Changze Zhao , Baoguo Chen

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The influence of individual differences in language experience on lexical stress cue-weighting: native and non-native listeners 语言经验的个体差异对词汇重音线索权重的影响：母语和非母语听者

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105674

Annie C. Gilbert , Claire T. Honda , Louis Friedland-Yust , Cassandra Sorin , Shari R. Baum

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Rapid integration of speaker accent during morphosyntactic processing 形态句法加工过程中说话人口音的快速整合

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105673

Rebecca Holt , Carmen Kung , Elaine Schmidt , Katherine Demuth

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Predictability effects in the processing of negation: an ERP study 否定加工的可预测性效应：一项ERP研究

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105675

Sara Farshchi, Carita Paradis

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Individual differences in perception of prosody in Mandarin-accented speech are linked to pitch perception, melody memory, musical training, and neural encoding of sound 普通话口音语音中韵律感知的个体差异与音高感知、旋律记忆、音乐训练和声音的神经编码有关。

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105689

Amir Hossein Ghooch Kanloo , Magdalena Kachlicka , Kazuya Saito , Adam Tierney

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Word selection, concreteness and brain lateralization 词汇选择，具体和大脑侧化。

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105659

Jiayi Zhao , Yuting Zhao , Xuanci Zheng , Xuan Wang , Ziwen Ning , Yishu Chen , Hongfei Ji , Jie Li , Jie Zhuang

{"title":"Word selection, concreteness and brain lateralization","authors":"Jiayi Zhao , Yuting Zhao , Xuanci Zheng , Xuan Wang , Ziwen Ning , Yishu Chen , Hongfei Ji , Jie Li , Jie Zhuang","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105659","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105659","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Semantic control enables context-dependent retrieval of meaning by resolving competition among semantic alternatives. While previous research has implicated left frontal and temporal areas in this process, the dissociation between semantic selection and semantic competition, especially in the domain of written Chinese and across concrete vs. abstract words, remains unclear. Using a parametric modulation fMRI design and a semantic triad task in Mandarin Chinese, we manipulated cue-target and cue-distractor semantic similarity to independently assess selection and competition demands. Activation patterns and functional connectivity were examined across concrete and abstract word conditions. Semantic selection engaged widespread, left-lateralized control and integration networks, while competition primarily activated bilateral superior frontal and insular cortices associated with domain-general conflict monitoring. Word concreteness significantly modulated both processes: concrete word retrieval engaged perceptual and episodic memory systems, whereas abstract word retrieval relied on left inferior frontal and temporal systems. Connectivity analyses showed task- and stimulus-specific modulation of LMFG-RIPL and LMFG-RITG interactions, although these patterns did not survive FDR correction. Semantic selection and competition are functionally dissociable yet dynamically modulated by lexical-semantic features such as concreteness. These findings refine our understanding of the neurocognitive architecture of semantic control.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"272 ","pages":"Article 105659"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145460789","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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Development of the N400 in infancy 婴儿期N400的发育

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105657

Linda Forssman, Agnes Vallberg

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The longitudinal interplay of print exposure and auditory brain responses in the prediction of reading skills 印刷品暴露与听觉脑反应在阅读技能预测中的纵向相互作用。

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105671

Ariane Tretow , Daria Khanolainen , Jarmo Hämäläinen , Minna Torppa , Paavo H.T. Leppänen

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Perturbing the pathway: The impact of lollipops and lidocaine on supramarginal gyrus activity during silent reading tasks 干扰通路：棒棒糖和利多卡因在默读任务中对边缘上回活动的影响

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Brain and Language Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105672

Mitchell Holmes , Daniel Aalto , Dev Patel , Amberley Ostevik , Caroline C. Jeffery , Jacqueline Cummine

{"title":"Perturbing the pathway: The impact of lollipops and lidocaine on supramarginal gyrus activity during silent reading tasks","authors":"Mitchell Holmes , Daniel Aalto , Dev Patel , Amberley Ostevik , Caroline C. Jeffery , Jacqueline Cummine","doi":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105672","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105672","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The effects of auditory perturbations on reading performance are well studied, but somatosensory perturbations are less understood. Recent research shows oral sensory perturbations (stimulation and anesthesia) improve reading performance in typical readers, though their neural impacts are unclear. This exploratory clinical study investigates how mouth perturbations affect supramarginal gyrus activity during silent reading in a group of typical readers.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>30 English-proficient adults completed orthographic and phonological lexical decision tasks under three conditions: no perturbation, sensory stimulation (lollipop in the mouth), and sensory anesthesia (lidocaine solution swished in the mouth). Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure cortical hemodynamic responses of the supramarginal gyrus and the posterior superior temporal gyrus.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Sensory anesthesia reduced supramarginal gyrus activity and facilitated silent reading speed in the phonological task, while accuracy remained unaffected. Sensory stimulation increased supramarginal gyrus activity but did not impact behavioural performance. Neither perturbation affected the activity of the posterior superior temporal gyrus. Both perturbations impacted functional connectivity between somatosensory and auditory cortices.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Taken together, these preliminary and modest effects suggest that oral somatosensory input influence reading-related brain activity and inter-regional connectivity. However, given the preliminary and clinical nature of this study, these findings are interpreted with caution. Ultimately, the importance of somatosensory feedback in reading warrants more targeted exploration to better our understanding of the relationship between speech-motor processes and reading ability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55330,"journal":{"name":"Brain and Language","volume":"272 ","pages":"Article 105672"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145571296","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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