The uncinate fasciculus is a bidirectional, long-range white matter tract that connects lateral
orbitofrontal cortex and Brodmann area 10 with the anterior temporal lobes. Although …

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is caused by selective neurodegeneration of the
language-dominant cerebral hemisphere; a language deficit initially arises as the only …

Based on the recent literature and collective experience, an international consortium
developed revised guidelines for the diagnosis of behavioural variant frontotemporal …

A landmark account of the neurobiological basis of language—arguing that species-specific
brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language makes …

The frontal aslant tract is a direct pathway connecting Broca's region with the anterior
cingulate and pre-supplementary motor area. This tract is left lateralized in right-handed …

Broca's area in the posterior half of the left inferior frontal gyrus has long been thought to be
critical for speech production. The current view is that long-term speech production outcome …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Primary progressive aphasia is a clinical syndrome defined by progressive deficits isolated
to speech and/or language, and can be classified into non-fluent, semantic and logopenic …

Apraxia of speech is a disorder of speech motor planning and/or programming that is
distinguishable from aphasia and dysarthria. It most commonly results from vascular insults …

Few themes have been more central to neurological models of aphasia than the
disconnection paradigm and the role of the arcuate fasciculus. Introduced by luminaries of …