Magnetoencephalography and Language

Suzanne Dikker; M Florencia Assaneo; Laura Gwilliams; Lin Wang; Anne Kösem

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2020.01.004

Magnetoencephalography and Language

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2020 May;30(2):229-238. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2020.01.004. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Authors

Suzanne Dikker¹, M Florencia Assaneo², Laura Gwilliams³, Lin Wang⁴, Anne Kösem⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place #275, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: suzanne.dikker@nyu.edu.
² Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place #275, New York, NY 10003, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, New York University, 6 Washington Place #275, New York, NY 10003, USA; New York University Abu Dhabi Research Institute, New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 149 Thirteenth Street, #2306, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
⁵ Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), CH Le Vinatier Bâtiment 452, 95, BD Pinel, Bron, Lyon 69675, France.

PMID: 32336409
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2020.01.004

Abstract

This article provides an overview of research that uses magnetoencephalography to understand the brain basis of human language. The cognitive processes and brain networks that have been implicated in written and spoken language comprehension and production are discussed in relation to different methodologies: we review event-related brain responses, research on the coupling of neural oscillations to speech, oscillatory coupling between brain regions (eg, auditory-motor coupling), and neural decoding approaches in naturalistic language comprehension.

Keywords: Decoding; Language; MEG; Neurolinguistics; Reading; Semantics; Speech; Synchronization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / physiopathology*
Comprehension*
Humans
Language Development*
Language Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
Language Disorders / physiopathology*
Magnetoencephalography*