Language processing relies on a distributed network of white-matter pathways connecting frontal, temporal, and parietal regions of cortex. While the arcuate fasciculus in the left hemisphere connecting the posterior inferior frontal gyrus to the …
The lateralization of language to the left hemisphere of the human brain constitutes one of the classic examples of asymmetry in biology. At the same time, it is also commonly understood that damage to the left hemisphere does not lead to a complete …
The capacity for language constitutes a cornerstone of human cognition and distinguishes our species from other animals. Research in the cognitive sciences has demonstrated that this capacity is not bound to speech but can also be externalized in the …