The anatomy of language has been investigated with PET or fMRI for more than 20years.
Here I attempt to provide an overview of the brain areas associated with heard speech …

In this review of 100 fMRI studies of speech comprehension and production, published in
2009, activation is reported for: prelexical speech perception in bilateral superior temporal …

Vocabulary acquisition represents a major challenge in foreign language learning.
Research has demonstrated that gestures accompanying speech have an impact on …

Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving
through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to'look …

As we speak, we use not only the arbitrary form–meaning map**s of the speech channel
but also motivated form–meaning correspondences, ie iconic gestures that accompany …

Neurobiology of Language explores the study of language, a field that has seen tremendous
progress in the last two decades. Key to this progress is the accelerating trend toward …

Everyday communication is accompanied by visual information from several sources,
including co‐speech gestures, which provide semantic information listeners use to help …

Several studies indicate that both posterior superior temporal sulcus/middle temporal gyrus
(pSTS/MTG) and left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) are involved in integrating information from …

Converging neuroscientific evidence suggests the existence of close links between
language and sensorimotor cognition. Accordingly, during the comprehension of meaningful …

In what ways do native language (NL) speakers and foreign language (FL) learners differ in
understanding the same messages delivered with or without gestures? To answer this …