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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2025

Brain activation for language and its relationship to cognitive and linguistic measures.

Irene Balboni, Alessandra Rampinini, Olga Kepinska, Raphael Berthele, Narly Golestani

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Irene BalboniFaculty of Psychology and Education Science, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, 1202, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0002-7096-5038
Alessandra RampininiFaculty of Psychology and Education Science, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, 1202, Switzerland.
Olga KepinskaVienna Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2964-1170
Raphael BertheleInstitute of Multilingualism, University of Fribourg, Rue de Morat 24, Fribourg, 1700, Switzerland.
Narly GolestaniFaculty of Psychology and Education Science, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva, 1202, Switzerland.

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NCCR Evolving Language, Swiss National Science Foundation #51NF40_180888Swiss National Science Foundation #100014_182381
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Abstract

Language learning and use relies on domain-specific, domain-general cognitive and sensory-motor functions. Using fMRI during story listening and behavioral tests, we investigated brain-behavior associations between linguistic and non-linguistic measures in individuals with varied multilingual experience and reading skills, including typical reading participants (TRs) and dyslexic readers (DRs). Partial Least Square Correlation revealed a main component linking cognitive, linguistic, and phonological measures to amodal/associative brain areas. A second analysis only in TRs revealed a stronger association between cognitive, linguistic, literacy and phonological skills within the same brain network as in the full sample, suggesting better speech-print convergence in TRs. In this sample, an additional component involving speed, automatization, and lexical access was associated with less involvement in unimodal, lower-level auditory, and motor brain areas. The complementarity between the two components likely reflects TRs' reduced reliance on lower-level sensorimotor regions and greater engagement of higher-level cortices and skills. Overall, our work suggests convergence between behavioral measures of linguistic, domain-general cognitive and domain-specific non-linguistic skill, and between these behavioral measures and neural processing of language. This convergence is greater in TRs, suggesting more integrated processing in this group. Our work advocates a comprehensive, multimodal approach to understanding individual differences in language abilities and experience.

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BrainCognitionLanguageAdolescentAdultBrain MappingDyslexiaFemaleHumansLinguisticsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMultilingualismReadingYoung Adultbilingualismbrain-behavior relationshipscognitiondyslexialanguage

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