Language, Communication and the Brain—2nd Edition
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurolinguistics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 640
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Interests: psycholinguistics; phonology; phonetics; speech; language processing; electroen-cephalography; stutter
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Dear Colleagues,
Speech production is a highly localized yet networked activity involving several brain centers. Psycholinguistic studies of language production identify semantic, phonological, and syntactic processes that are sensitive to temporal demands. Speech sensorimotor processes engage a network of neural centers in the left and right hemispheres. Both language and speech motor processes are supported by cognitive resources including the dorsal and ventral attention networks and verbal and non-verbal working memory processes. Finally, the limbic system motivates actions and conveys the suprasegmental and emotional aspects of speech. The aim of this Special Issue is to enhance our understanding of the different cognitive, linguistic, and sensorimotor processes and systems supporting speech production in neurotypical and neurodiverse speakers who experience communication disabilities.
We encourage submissions that provide a nuanced and enhanced understanding of the systems and processes and how they function in neurotypical and neurodiverse speakers. We welcome submissions of studies that are designed to address the intersectionality of age, sex, or other biological and non-biological (e.g., treatment effects) variables and their interactions with group membership in influencing speech and language production. Submissions can include data-driven studies on attentional effort, phonological working memory, executive functions, language planning, and sensorimotor mechanisms supporting speech. Alternatively, theoretical postulations on the neural processes and biological systems supporting speech and language production and/or augmented communication will also be considered. Submissions can include group designs with varying levels of experimental control, single-subject designs, behavioral measures, temporally and spatially sensitive neural measures, and artificial intelligence-driven innovative data analyses of behavioral and/or neural data that contribute uniquely to understanding speech production.
This is a 2nd edition of a previous Special Issue on the topic “Language, Communication and the Brain”. The previous version of the Special Issue was received with enthusiasm. As the topic is of interest and relevance to many fields including linguistics, psychology, speech language pathology, neuroscience, kinesiology, and other related fields, we hope to continue collecting papers on relevant topics identified here.
Dr. Jayanthi Sasisekaran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognitive
- attention
- working memory
- executive functions
- linguistic
- language planning
- speech production
- fluency
- sensorimotor
- hearing
- speech and language production
- neurotypical
- neurodiverse
- autism
- apraxia
- dysarthria
- stuttering
- speech sound disorders
- artificial intelligence
- data science
- theoretical
- data-driven
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