Research
Brain stimulation reveals how language networks adapt in real time to disruption
The Brief
- Researchers at Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences studied language networks in the human brain.
- When an important language-processing area is temporarily disrupted, other brain areas take over much of its work.
- The study used brain stimulation to observe how language networks adapt in real time.
Why it matters
The findings describe how language networks reorganise when a key region is temporarily disrupted, which is relevant to understanding language processing and recovery after brain disruption.
Who’s affected
- neuroscientists and language researchers
- clinicians interested in brain plasticity
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When an important area of the human brain involved in language processing is temporarily disrupted, other areas of the brain take over much of its work. Researchers at Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig have…
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Brain stimulation reveals how language networks adapt in real time to disruption