A narrative review of the anatomy and function of the white matter tracts in language production and comprehension

E Shekari, N Nozari - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Much is known about the role of cortical areas in language processing. The shift towards
network approaches in recent years has highlighted the importance of uncovering the role of …

Coexistence of misconceptions and scientific conceptions in chemistry professors: A mental chronometry and fMRI study

P Potvin, G Malenfant-Robichaud, C Cormier… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Using mental chronometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 17 pre-
university and university professors were tested with a cognitive task that required distinction …

The relationship between monitoring, control, conscious awareness and attention in language production

N Nozari - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the relationship between monitoring, control, conscious awareness,
and attention in language production. Instead of focusing on a specific theory, I will examine …

Who did what? A causal role for cognitive control in thematic role assignment during sentence comprehension

M Thothathiri, CT Asaro, NS Hsu, JM Novick - Cognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Thematic role assignment–generally, figuring out who did what to whom–is a critical
component of sentence comprehension, which is influenced by both syntactic and semantic …

A common neural hub resolves syntactic and non-syntactic conflict through cooperation with task-specific networks

NS Hsu, SM Jaeggi, JM Novick - Brain and language, 2017 - Elsevier
Regions within the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) have simultaneously been implicated in
syntactic processing and cognitive control. Accounts attempting to unify LIFG's function …

Monitoring, control and repair in word production

N Nozari - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2025 - nature.com
Word production is the process of turning a thought into motor movements that produce a
spoken word. This process has traditionally been studied using two approaches—the …

Distinct effects of lexical and semantic competition during picture naming in younger adults, older adults, and people with aphasia

AE Britt, C Ferrara, D Mirman - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Producing a word requires selecting among a set of similar alternatives. When many
semantically related items become activated, the difficulty of the selection process is …

Anatomo-functional profile of white matter tracts in relevance to language: A systematic review

Y Kargar, M Jalilian - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2024 - Elsevier
The way the brain does process language is an issue that has vexed the cognitive
neuroscience of language for decades. Concurring with the Hickok and Poeppel's dual …

Eye tracking measures for studying language comprehension deficits in aphasia: A systematic search and sco** review

S Sharma, H Kim, H Harris, A Haberstroh… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - pubs.asha.org
Aim The aim of this sco** review is to identify the eye tracking paradigms and eye
movement measures used to investigate auditory and reading comprehension deficits in …