SynthesisHuman brain mapping2019
Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Contributions of the left and right thalami to language: A meta-analytic approach.Brain structure & function · 2024Pooled it
- Changes in Native Sentence Processing Related to Bilingualism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- The brain network in support of social semantic accumulation.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Functional neuroanatomy of language without speech: An ALE meta-analysis of sign language.Human brain mapping · 2021Pooled it
- Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.Human brain mapping · 2019Pooled it
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- Patterns of Language and Visuospatial Lateralisation and Cognitive Ability in Young Children Aged 4-7 Years.Developmental science · 2026Article
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- Hybrid spatial organization and magnitude-independent coding of linguistic information during sentence production.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Decoding words during sentence production with ECoG reveals syntactic role encoding and structure-dependent temporal dynamics.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Neural adaptations in short-term learning of sign language revealed by fMRI and DTI.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Distinct neural correlates of morphosyntactic and thematic comprehension processes in aphasia.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Temporoparietal brain structures support sentence processing across the adult lifespan.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Sentence comprehension in Lewy body diseases: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Early subacute frontal callosal microstructure and language outcomes after stroke.Brain communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
Comprehending and producing sentences is a complex endeavor requiring the coordinated activity of multiple brain regions. We examined three issues related to the brain networks underlying sentence comprehension and production in healthy individuals: First, which regions are recruited for sentence comprehension and sentence production? Second, are there differences for auditory sentence comprehension vs. visual sentence comprehension? Third, which regions are specifically recruited for the comprehension of syntactically complex sentences? Results from activation likelihood estimation (ALE) analyses (from 45 studies) implicated a sentence comprehension network occupying bilateral frontal and temporal lobe regions. Regions implicated in production (from 15 studies) overlapped with the set of regions associated with sentence comprehension in the left hemisphere, but did not include inferior frontal cortex, and did not extend to the right hemisphere. Modality differences between auditory and visual sentence comprehension were found principally in the temporal lobes. Results from the analysis of complex syntax (from 37 studies) showed engagement of left inferior frontal and posterior temporal regions, as well as the right insula. The involvement of the right hemisphere in the comprehension of these structures has potentially important implications for language treatment and recovery in individuals with agrammatic aphasia following left hemisphere brain damage.
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