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·August 19, 2019·5 min read

A map of the brain can tell what you’re reading

fMRI brain scans reveal semantic tuning during both reading and listening to words are highly correlated in selective areas of the cerebral cortex. The new brain maps enabled researchers to accurately predict which words would active specific regions of the cortex.

This is a brain scan of someone with PPA

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·May 13, 2019·4 min read

Detecting dementia’s damaging effects before it’s too late

Using MEG neuroimaging, researchers identify abnormalities in functional activity in brain regions which look structurally normal on conventional MRI scans. The findings could help with early detection of primary progressive aphasia.

this is a brain scan from one of the patients in the study

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·March 21, 2019·4 min read

Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words

A small, preliminary study helps researchers identify a region of the brain that specializes in the processing of auditory words.

this is a diagram showing how syntactic cognition is affected in aphasia

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·March 18, 2019·4 min read

Research into aphasia reveals new interactions between language and thought

Problems with counterfactive interpretation in those with aphasia are associated with a reduction of propositional, lexical and syntactic cognition.

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·January 29, 2018·5 min read

Language is Learned in Brain Circuits that Predate Humans

A new study reveals language is learned in brain systems that predate humans.

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·May 8, 2017·4 min read

Frontotemporal Dementia Linked to Shortage of Progranulin

Researchers report neurodegeneration associated with frontotemporal dementia could span from a reduced trophic support for neurons.

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·September 13, 2016·4 min read

Memory Loss Not Enough to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Researchers report on the other, often overlooked, symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 11, 2016·8 min read

Predicting Language Deficits Following Strokes with Connectome Based Imaging

Researchers report that, following a stroke, mapping the brain's white matter connections in addition to imaging tissue damage could help to predict which patients will have language deficits and how severe they may be.