October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As you listen to a story, the meaning of each word you hear relates to the meaning of prior words. But how? We operationalized semantic distance, and identified brain regions that correspond to this rolling summary measure during naturalistic listening. #neuroscienceoflanguage
Check out our preprint (linked again here: osf.io/preprints/ps...) where we measured neural sensitivity to changes in semantic space while listening to a podcast. Not only do we look at word-to-word but larger chunks too (2-gram, 5-gram, 10-gram) to examine meaning construction at multiple levels.
June 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As you listen to a story, the meaning of each word you hear relates to the meaning of prior words. But how? We operationalized semantic distance, and identified brain regions that correspond to this rolling summary measure during naturalistic listening. #neuroscienceoflanguage
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July 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This phenomenon is actually really interesting in the context of category learning. I think she just has a “meal” category with several equivalent synonyms (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack).
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
My younger daughter (5) has mealtime confusion which always cracks me up.
First thing in the morning: “I’m hungry for dinner!”
In the evening: “What’s for breakfast?”
I hope she figures it out eventually.
First thing in the morning: “I’m hungry for dinner!”
In the evening: “What’s for breakfast?”
I hope she figures it out eventually.
December 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM
This phenomenon is actually really interesting in the context of category learning. I think she just has a “meal” category with several equivalent synonyms (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack).
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
To mark the completion of my textbook, The Neuroscience of Language, I'll be posting some tidbits from my book over the coming months. Some will be languagey and some will be little rabbit holes that distracted me along the way. Enjoy!
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
The Neuroscience of Language — Jonathan Peelle
An authoritative and accessible textbook on the neuroscience of language intended for people new to the field, including undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, neuroscience, speech and hea...
jonathanpeelle.net
January 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
To mark the completion of my textbook, The Neuroscience of Language, I'll be posting some tidbits from my book over the coming months. Some will be languagey and some will be little rabbit holes that distracted me along the way. Enjoy!
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
NB I am not a clinician but as far as I know pouring milk into both ears is not an effective treatment for aphasia
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#neuroscienceoflanguage
Finally, Minagar et al. (2003) argue the papyrus conveys the first case of aphasia, indicated by a loss of fluent speech (patient described as "speechless") as well as comprehension deficits (unable to follow commands).
(6/6)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
(6/6)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NB I am not a clinician but as far as I know pouring milk into both ears is not an effective treatment for aphasia
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
Abstract submission deadline has been extended until May 6th! #neuroscienceoflanguage
The Society for the Neurobiology of Language meeting will be at Gallaudet University, September 12-14th. We have 4 outstanding keynotes (Fumiko Hoeft, Duane Watson, Carol Padden, Fatemeh Geranmayeh).
Abstract submissions are open! Hope to see you there! #SNL2025
2025.neurolang.org/abstract-sub...
Abstract submissions are open! Hope to see you there! #SNL2025
2025.neurolang.org/abstract-sub...
May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Abstract submission deadline has been extended until May 6th! #neuroscienceoflanguage
In the midst of all the bad, I got the proofs for my book cover, which is fun. (I had little say in it, other than to approve their choice of stock art...but still exciting). ❤️ #neuroscienceoflanguage
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In the midst of all the bad, I got the proofs for my book cover, which is fun. (I had little say in it, other than to approve their choice of stock art...but still exciting). ❤️ #neuroscienceoflanguage
I've always appreciated the "speech chain" as a way to frame communication. I like that it explicitly includes an acoustic signal 👂 (which can be degraded) and feedback to the speaker. And brains. 🧠
So, this is the first figure in my book, and informs the rest. 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
So, this is the first figure in my book, and informs the rest. 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
January 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've always appreciated the "speech chain" as a way to frame communication. I like that it explicitly includes an acoustic signal 👂 (which can be degraded) and feedback to the speaker. And brains. 🧠
So, this is the first figure in my book, and informs the rest. 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
So, this is the first figure in my book, and informs the rest. 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
"I like milk and sugar in my _______"
Classic work on prediction has used violation paradigms to study context and prediction. New work from my lab, led by Ryan O'Leary, compares semantic distance and GPT-2 surprisal in natural speech.
#neuroscienceoflanguage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Classic work on prediction has used violation paradigms to study context and prediction. New work from my lab, led by Ryan O'Leary, compares semantic distance and GPT-2 surprisal in natural speech.
#neuroscienceoflanguage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Neural tracking of surprisal and semantic distance in naturalistic movie viewing
Understanding speech requires listeners to integrate incoming input with prior linguistic and thematic knowledge to access meaning, a task greatly aided by prediction. Surprisal and related phenomena ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"I like milk and sugar in my _______"
Classic work on prediction has used violation paradigms to study context and prediction. New work from my lab, led by Ryan O'Leary, compares semantic distance and GPT-2 surprisal in natural speech.
#neuroscienceoflanguage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Classic work on prediction has used violation paradigms to study context and prediction. New work from my lab, led by Ryan O'Leary, compares semantic distance and GPT-2 surprisal in natural speech.
#neuroscienceoflanguage
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880) is famous for advancing ideas of language localization in the brain. One of my favorite papers is from Dronkers and colleagues (2007), who used MRI scanning to re-examine Broca's two most famous cases. #neuroscienceoflanguage (1/5) 🧪🧵
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
March 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880) is famous for advancing ideas of language localization in the brain. One of my favorite papers is from Dronkers and colleagues (2007), who used MRI scanning to re-examine Broca's two most famous cases. #neuroscienceoflanguage (1/5) 🧪🧵
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
I'm interviewing PhD students this year. If you know students interested in using behavior & neuroimaging to study speech and language, please consider pointing them my way! Northeastern has a strong training environment and Boston is great.
#neuroscienceoflanguage #neuroskyence
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#neuroscienceoflanguage #neuroskyence
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Join the lab — The Speech, Hearing, And Communication (SHAC) Lab
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September 18, 2024 at 1:18 PM
I'm interviewing PhD students this year. If you know students interested in using behavior & neuroimaging to study speech and language, please consider pointing them my way! Northeastern has a strong training environment and Boston is great.
#neuroscienceoflanguage #neuroskyence
peellelab.org/join
#neuroscienceoflanguage #neuroskyence
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I enjoyed speaking with Ken Barrett last week about the neuroscience of language for his Brainland podcast. We took a quick tour through 170 years of neurology and cognitive neuroscience (and he asked about the Lombard effect)
shows.acast.com/brainland/ep...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
shows.acast.com/brainland/ep...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
SPEAK! On the neuroscience of language... | BRAINLAND
In conversation with Jonathan Peelle
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July 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Ken Barrett last week about the neuroscience of language for his Brainland podcast. We took a quick tour through 170 years of neurology and cognitive neuroscience (and he asked about the Lombard effect)
shows.acast.com/brainland/ep...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
shows.acast.com/brainland/ep...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
Although you've likely heard of Pierre Paul Broca and "Broca's area", I suspect you have not heard of Marc or Gustave Dax. Who predated Broca in appreciating several aspects of cerebral dominance. 👀 (1/3) 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
To mark the completion of my textbook, The Neuroscience of Language, I'll be posting some tidbits from my book over the coming months. Some will be languagey and some will be little rabbit holes that distracted me along the way. Enjoy!
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
#neuroscienceoflanguage
jonathanpeelle.net/the-neurosci...
The Neuroscience of Language — Jonathan Peelle
An authoritative and accessible textbook on the neuroscience of language intended for people new to the field, including undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, neuroscience, speech and hea...
jonathanpeelle.net
March 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Although you've likely heard of Pierre Paul Broca and "Broca's area", I suspect you have not heard of Marc or Gustave Dax. Who predated Broca in appreciating several aspects of cerebral dominance. 👀 (1/3) 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
The need for converging evidence has always struck me as central to our understanding of the brain. For language, different types of frontotemporal degeneration are associated with distinct patterns of language challenge, underscoring localization of various processes.
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#neuroscienceoflanguage
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The need for converging evidence has always struck me as central to our understanding of the brain. For language, different types of frontotemporal degeneration are associated with distinct patterns of language challenge, underscoring localization of various processes.
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
I’d apply if I could!!!! #neuroscienceoflanguage
OPEN POSTDOC position (part of @erc.europa.eu Consolidator DYNALANG)
We build math&comp models of neural dynamics using insights from formal linguistics + ML
Seeking theory-driven researchers w/ interests in language, neural dynamics, & math/comp neuroscience.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/55exdpse
We build math&comp models of neural dynamics using insights from formal linguistics + ML
Seeking theory-driven researchers w/ interests in language, neural dynamics, & math/comp neuroscience.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/55exdpse
Postdoctoral Position in the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience of Language | Max Planck Institute
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April 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’d apply if I could!!!! #neuroscienceoflanguage
There are more complex models of speech production (DIVA, hierarchical state feedback control) that are likely more accurate. But for students with no background, I introduce a basic framework that (a) highlights different stages of speech production and (b) feedback. (1/) 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There are more complex models of speech production (DIVA, hierarchical state feedback control) that are likely more accurate. But for students with no background, I introduce a basic framework that (a) highlights different stages of speech production and (b) feedback. (1/) 🧵
#neuroscienceoflanguage
#neuroscienceoflanguage
Word Magic: The Hidden Neuroscience of Influence— Explore how language influences the brain beyond customer service. Learn the neuroscience of phrasing, framing, and trust—and how your words shape what others feel, think, and do.
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#NeuroscienceOfLanguage #MindfulCommunication #NarrativeIntelligence…
Word Magic: The Hidden Neuroscience of Influence
Explore how language influences the brain beyond customer service. Learn the neuroscience of phrasing, framing, and trust—and how your words shape what others feel, think, and do. #NeuroscienceOfLanguage #MindfulCommunication #NarrativeIntelligence #EmpathyInAction #EverydayInfluence #LeadershipLanguage #NotQuiteSuperhuman
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November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Word Magic: The Hidden Neuroscience of Influence— Explore how language influences the brain beyond customer service. Learn the neuroscience of phrasing, framing, and trust—and how your words shape what others feel, think, and do.
#NeuroscienceOfLanguage #MindfulCommunication #NarrativeIntelligence…
#NeuroscienceOfLanguage #MindfulCommunication #NarrativeIntelligence…