NeLLab Spotlight

Follow NeLLab Spotlight
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Summaries of publications from the Neuroscience of Language Lab (NeLLab) at New York University. Hosted by Liina Pylkkanen. Lab website: https://wp.nyu.edu/nellab/

Liina Pylkkanen


    • Jul 29, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from NeLLab Spotlight with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from NeLLab Spotlight

    #6 - Jixing Li: Disentangling semantic composition and semantic association in the left temporal lobe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 36:14


    Li, J., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Disentangling semantic composition and semantic association in the left temporal lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (30) 6526-6538. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2317-20.2021 Transcript coming!

    #5 - Songhee Kim: How the conceptual specificity of individual words affects incremental sentence composition.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 44:36


    Kim, S., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). How the conceptual specificity of individual words affects incremental sentence composition: MEG evidence. Brain and Language, 218, 104951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.104951 Background papers: Westerlund, M., & Pylkkänen, L. (2014). The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in semantic composition vs. semantic memory. Neuropsychologia, 57, 59-70. Zhang, L., & Pylkkänen, L. (2015). The interplay of composition and concept specificity in the left anterior temporal lobe: An MEG study. NeuroImage, 111, 228-240. Williams, A., Reddigari, S., & Pylkkänen, L. (2017). Early sensitivity of left perisylvian cortex to relationality in nouns and verbs. Neuropsychologia, 100, 131-143. Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep5-songhee-kim/

    #4 - Suhail Matar: Arabic syntax in the left posterior temporal cortex

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 42:14


    Matar, S., Dirani, J., Marantz, A. & Pylkkanen, L. (2021) Left posterior temporal cortex is sensitive to syntax within conceptually matched Arabic expressions. Scientific Reports 11, 7181 (2021). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86474-x Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep4-suhail-matar/

    #3 - Decoding words within phrases with Alona Fyshe, Maryam Honari-Jahromi, Brea Chouinard and Esti Blanco-Elorrieta

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 54:42


    Part 1: A brief summary of our recent publication with Alona Fyshe's group, including introductions to all junior authors. Part 2: Longer conversation between Liina and Alona. Honari-Jahromi, M., Chouinard, B., Blanco-Elorrieta, E., Pylkkänen, L., & Fyshe, A. (2021). Neural representation of words within phrases: Temporal evolution of color-adjectives and object-nouns during simple composition. PloS one, 16(3), e0242754. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242754 Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep-3-decoding-words-within-phrases/

    #2 - Maxime Tulling: How our brains respond to facts vs. uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 22:13


    Tulling, M., Law, R., Cournane, A., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Neural correlates of modal displacement and discourse-updating under (un)certainty. eNeuro, 8(1). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810261/ Transcript: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep2-maxime-tulling/ Linguistics, semantics, neurolinguistics, discourse processing

    #1 - Ryan Law: Neural processing of lists with and without syntax

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 26:36


    Law, R., & Pylkkänen, L. (2021). Lists with and without syntax: A new approach to measuring the neural processing of syntax. Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (10) 2186-2196. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/02/10/JNEUROSCI.1179-20.2021.abstract Transcription: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_ep1-ryan-law/ Syntax, neurolinguistics, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, magnetoencephalography

    Welcome to NeLLab Spotlight!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 2:44


    The Neuroscience of Language Lab at NYU is launching a podcast! We hope to offer a quick and easy way to follow the research in our lab, since staying on top of the tremendous amount of literature in our field is becoming harder and harder. Each episode covers a recent publication and "spotlights" the first author of the paper. Enjoy! Lab website: https://wp.nyu.edu/nellab/ Transcription: https://wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab/nellabspotlight_trailer/

    Claim NeLLab Spotlight

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel