Linguistics and Languages

The cortical representation of language timescales is shared between reading and listening

C. Chen, T. D. L. Tour, et al.

This study reveals groundbreaking insights into how our brains process language, revealing shared representations for reading and listening across different timescales. The research, conducted by Catherine Chen, Tom Dupré la Tour, Jack L. Gallant, Daniel Klein, and Fatma Deniz, offers a fascinating glimpse into the cognitive mechanisms underlying language integration.

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Abstract

This study investigates whether brain representations of language processing timescales are shared between reading and listening. Using fMRI data from participants reading and listening to the same narratives, voxelwise encoding models were employed to determine cortical representations of different timescales (operationalized as spectral components varying over different word counts). Results show similar timescale representations across the cortex for both modalities, suggesting that after initial sensory processing, language integration proceeds similarly regardless of input modality.

Publisher

Communications Biology

Published On

Mar 07, 2024

Authors

Catherine Chen, Tom Dupré la Tour, Jack L. Gallant, Daniel Klein, Fatma Deniz

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