Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by social and interpersonal communication
disabilities and repetitive motor activities. A deficit in social interaction may be due to motor …

The field of neurocognition is currently undergoing a significant change of perspective.
Traditional neurocognitive models evolved into an integrative and dynamic vision of …

Language is thought to represent one of the most complex cognitive functions in humans.
Here we break down complexity of language to its most basic syntactic computation which …

Abstract Language comes in utterances in which words are bound together according to a
simple rule-based syntactic computation (merge), which creates linguistic hierarchies of …

The ability to create structures out of single words is a key aspect of human language. This
combinatorial capacity relies on a low-level syntactic mechanism—Merge—assembling …

A comprehensive neural model of language must accommodate four components:
representations, operations, structures and encoding. Recent intracranial research has …

The ability to comprehend phrases is an essential integrative property of the brain. Here, we
evaluate the neural processes that enable the transition from single-word processing to a …

This paper argues that the origins of language can be detected one million years ago, if not
earlier, in the archaeological record of Homo erectus. This controversial claim is based on a …

A key step in understanding the evolution of human language involves unravelling the
origins of language's syntactic structure. One approach seeks to reduce the core of syntax in …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders entailing
social and cognitive deficits, including marked problems with language. Numerous genes …