Beyond Broca: neural architecture and evolution of a dual motor speech coordination system

G Hickok, J Venezia, A Teghipco - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Classical neural architecture models of speech production propose a single system centred
on Broca's area coordinating all the vocal articulators from lips to larynx. Modern evidence …

[HTML][HTML] The human language effective connectome

ET Rolls, G Deco, CC Huang, J Feng - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
To advance understanding of brain networks involved in language, the effective connectivity
between 26 cortical regions implicated in language by a community analysis and 360 …

Auditory cortical connectivity in humans

ET Rolls, JP Rauschecker, G Deco, CC Huang… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To understand auditory cortical processing, the effective connectivity between 15 auditory
cortical regions and 360 cortical regions was measured in 171 Human Connectome Project …

Putting cells in motion: advantages of endogenous boosting of BDNF production

E Brattico, L Bonetti, G Ferretti, P Vuust, C Matrone - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Motor exercise, such as sport or musical activities, helps with a plethora of diseases by
modulating brain functions in neocortical and subcortical regions, resulting in behavioural …

Flexible auditory training, psychophysics, and enrichment of common marmosets with an automated, touchscreen-based system

A Calapai, J Cabrera-Moreno, T Moser… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Devising new and more efficient protocols to analyze the phenotypes of non-human
primates, as well as their complex nervous systems, is rapidly becoming of paramount …

The relevance of the unique anatomy of the human prefrontal operculum to the emergence of speech

C Amiez, C Verstraete, J Sallet… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying the evolutionary origins of human speech remains a topic of intense scientific
interest. Here we describe a unique feature of adult human neuroanatomy compared to …

Socially meaningful visual context either enhances or inhibits vocalisation processing in the macaque brain

M Froesel, M Gacoin, S Clavagnier, M Hauser… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Social interactions rely on the interpretation of semantic and emotional information, often
from multiple sensory modalities. Nonhuman primates send and receive auditory and visual …

Common fronto-temporal effective connectivity in humans and monkeys

F Rocchi, H Oya, F Balezeau, AJ Billig, Z Kocsis… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Human brain pathways supporting language and declarative memory are thought to have
differentiated substantially during evolution. However, cross-species comparisons are …

Inter-subject similarity of brain activity in expert musicians after multimodal learning: a behavioral and neuroimaging study on learning to play a piano sonata

MC Fasano, E Glerean, BP Gold, D Sheng, M Sams… - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Human behavior is inherently multimodal and relies on sensorimotor integration. This is
evident when pianists exhibit activity in motor and premotor cortices, as part of a dorsal …

[HTML][HTML] How did language evolve in the lineage of higher primates?

D Hillert - Lingua, 2021 - Elsevier
Speech components emerged in the hominin lineage before the rise of modern human
behavior and were already in place in monkey species. Evidence from genetics to …