The Language Neuroscience Podcast
A podcast about the scientific study of language and the brain. Neuroscientist Stephen Wilson talks with leading and up-and-coming researchers about their work and ideas. This podcast is geared to an audience of scientists who are working in the field of language neuroscience, from students to postdocs to faculty.
Episodes
35 episodes
‘Wired for words: the neural architecture of language’ with Greg Hickok
In this epidode, I talk with Greg Hickok, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Sciences & Language Science at the University of California, Irvine, about his new book ‘Wired for words: the neural architecture of language’.
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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1:21:31
‘Role for left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in self-generated, but not externally cued, language production’ with Deborah Levy
In this epidode, I talk with Deborah Levy, Lecturer at Princeton University, about her paper ‘Role for left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in self-generated, but not externally cued, language production’, which just came out in Neurobiology ...
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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1:13:54
‘Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts?’ with Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap
In this episode, I talk with Steve Politzer-Ahles and Bernard Jap about their paper ‘Can the mismatch negativity really be elicited by abstract linguistic contrasts?’, which was recently published as a Registered Report in Neurobiology of L...
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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1:08:42
What's going on with the NIH? with Julius Fridriksson
In the episode, I talk with Julius Fridriksson, Professor of Communication Sciences and Vice President for Research at the University of South Carolina, about what's going on with the NIH since the recent change of administration.
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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45:44
‘A mountain of small things’ with Masud Husain
In this episode, I talk with Masud Husain, Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, about his recent editorial ‘A mountain of small things’.Husain website
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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38:28
Developmental dyslexia and neuroplasticity in aphasia with Maaike Vandermosten
In this episode, I talk with Maaike Vandermosten, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at KU Leuven, about the neural basis of developmental dyslexia, and neuroplasticity in recovery from aphasia.
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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1:03:12
Developmental language disorder and its neural basis with Dorothy Bishop
In this episode, I talk with Dorothy Bishop, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford, about her work on developmental langauge disorder and its neural basis.
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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1:23:18
‘Determinants of multilevel discourse outcomes in anomia treatment for aphasia’ with Rob Cavanaugh
In this episode, I talk with Rob Cavanaugh, Research Data Analyst at the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics Center at Northeastern University, about his dissertation ‘Determinants of multilevel discourse outcomes in anomia treat...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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1:15:14
Deep learning algorithms, natural language processing, and the brain, with Jean-Rémi King
In the episode, I talk with Jean-Rémi King, Research scientist and team leader at Meta AI, and Associate Researcher at CNRS, École Normale Supérieure, about three recent papers from his lab on deep learning algorithms, natural language processi...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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1:35:15
‘Neural dynamics of phoneme sequences reveal position-invariant code for content and order’ with Laura Gwilliams
In this episode, I talk with Laura Gwilliams, soon-to-be Assistant Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Data Science at Stanford University, about her recent paper ‘Neural dynamics of phoneme sequences reveal position-invariant code for c...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:21:51
Encoding and decoding semantic representations with Alexander Huth
In this episode, I talk with Alexander Huth, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Computer Science at the University of Texas, Austin, about his work using functional imaging and advanced computational methods to model how the brain proces...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:49:12
‘Disentangling Semantic Composition and Semantic Association in the Left Temporal Lobe’ with Liina Pylkkänen
In this episode, I talk with Liina Pylkkänen, Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at NYU, about her research program, and in particular her recent paper ‘Disentangling semantic composition and semantic association in the left temporal lobe’...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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1:04:12
‘Speech computations of the human superior temporal gyrus’ with Eddie Chang
In this episode, I talk with Eddie Chang, Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, about his recent paper ‘Speech computations of the human superior temporal gyrus’.
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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1:22:10
Awake craniotomy for a brain tumor surrounded by language areas, with Olivia Leow
In this episode, I talk with Olivia Leow, who experienced an awake craniotomy for resection of a brain tumor surrounded by language areas in her left posterior temporal lobe.
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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57:01
Generative linguistics and the neural basis of language, with Noam Chomsky
In this episode, I talk with Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. After starting with a discussion of the early development of Chomsky...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:02:30
Cortical myeloarchitecture, tonotopy, and spectrally directed attention, with Fred Dick
In this episode, I talk with Fred Dick, Professor of Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, about his work, with a focus on his recent paper ‘Extensive tonotopic mapping ac...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:04:36
Anatomy and neuropathology of progressive speech and language disorders, with Keith Josephs
In this episode, I talk with Keith Josephs, Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, about his work on the anatomy and neuropathology of progressive speech and language disorders.Josephs KA, Duffy JR, Strand EA,...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:01:44
Imaging the language network, with Cathy Price
In this episode, I talk with Cathy Price, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London, about her pioneering work on functional neuroimaging of the language network,...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:07:44
Language development and perinatal stroke, with Elissa Newport
In this episode, I talk with Elissa Newport, Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, about her work on the neural and cognitive underpinnings of language development, including statistical lea...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:10:30
‘Robust effects of working memory demand during naturalistic language comprehension in language-selective cortex’ with Cory Shain
In this episode, I talk with Cory Shain, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, about his recent fMRI study of working memory demand in naturalistic language comprehension.Shain C, Blank IA, Fed...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:04:31
‘Situating the left-lateralized language network in the broader organization of multiple specialized large-scale distributed networks’ with Rodrigo Braga
In this episode, I talk with Rodrigo Braga, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University, about his recent paper on identifying the language network from functional connectivity analyses of resting state data.Braga RM, DiN...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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53:38
Neurotypology, predictive coding, and dorsal and ventral streams, with Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
In this episode, I talk with Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of South Australia, about neurotypology, predictive coding, and dorsal and ventral streams.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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56:05
‘Neuroprosthesis for decoding speech in a paralyzed person with anarthria’ with David Moses and Jessie Liu
In this episode, I talk with David Moses and Jessie Liu about their recent NEJM paper ‘Neuroprosthesis for decoding speech in a paralyzed person with anarthria’, in which they decoded intended utterances from the brain of an individual...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:06:53
Neuromodulation with Roy Hamilton
In this episode, I talk with Roy Hamilton, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, about his work using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), and in particular th...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:06:59
The history of the neuroscience of language: 1820-1922, with Willem “Pim” Levelt
Stephen talks with Willem “Pim” Levelt, Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and author of “A history of psycholinguistics: The pre-Chomskyan era”, about the early history of the neuroscience of language.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:54:03