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NeLLab Spotlight

by Liina Pylkkanen

Summaries of publications from the Neuroscience of Language Lab (NeLLab) at New York University. Hosted by Liina Pylkkanen.Lab website: https://wp.nyu.edu/nellab/

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  1. #6 - Jixing Li: Disentangling semantic composition and semantic association in the left temporal lobe

    Li, J., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Disentangling semantic composition and semantic association in the left temporal lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (30) 6526-6538. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2317-20.2021 Transcript coming!

  2. #5 - Songhee Kim: How the conceptual specificity of individual words affects incremental sentence composition.

    Kim, S., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). How the conceptual specificity of individual words affects incremental sentence composition: MEG evidence. Brain and Language, 218, 104951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.104951 Background papers: Westerlund, M., & Pylkkänen, L. (2014). The role of the left...

  3. #4 - Suhail Matar: Arabic syntax in the left posterior temporal cortex

    Matar, S., Dirani, J., Marantz, A. & Pylkkanen, L. (2021) Left posterior temporal cortex is sensitive to syntax within conceptually matched Arabic expressions. Scientific Reports 11, 7181 (2021). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86474-x Transcript:...

  4. #3 - Decoding words within phrases with Alona Fyshe, Maryam Honari-Jahromi, Brea Chouinard and Esti Blanco-Elorrieta

    Part 1: A brief summary of our recent publication with Alona Fyshe's group, including introductions to all junior authors. Part 2: Longer conversation between Liina and Alona. Honari-Jahromi, M., Chouinard, B., Blanco-Elorrieta, E., Pylkkänen, L., & Fyshe, A. (2021). Neural representation of…

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  5. #2 - Maxime Tulling: How our brains respond to facts vs. uncertainty

    Tulling, M., Law, R., Cournane, A., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Neural correlates of modal displacement and discourse-updating under (un)certainty. eNeuro, 8(1). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810261/ Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep2-maxime-tulling/...

  6. #1 - Ryan Law: Neural processing of lists with and without syntax

    Law, R., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Lists with and without syntax: A new approach to measuring the neural processing of syntax. Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (10) 2186-2196. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/02/10/JNEUROSCI.1179-20.2021.abstract Transcription:...

  7. Welcome to NeLLab Spotlight!

    The Neuroscience of Language Lab at NYU is launching a podcast! We hope to offer a quick and easy way to follow the research in our lab, since staying on top of the tremendous amount of literature in our field is becoming harder and harder. Each episode covers a recent publication and…

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Summaries of publications from the Neuroscience of Language Lab (NeLLab) at New York University. Hosted by Liina Pylkkanen.Lab website: https://wp.nyu.edu/nellab/

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Summaries of publications from the Neuroscience of Language Lab (NeLLab) at New York University. Hosted by Liina Pylkkanen.Lab website: https://wp.nyu.edu/nellab/

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