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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Very nice review of my @mitpress.bsky.social book Wired for Words from Jace Wolfe: Wired for Words: A Magnum Opus! a.co/d/cRg7fk9

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Once "fully hypnotized by hemispheric dichotomies," @gregoryhickok.bsky.social shares how meeting his colleague David Poeppel led to them developing the theory for bilateral speech perception. An excerpt from "Wired for Words" via @thetransmitter.bsky.social:

‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt

In his new book, Hickok provides a detailed overview of the research into the circuits that control speech and language. In this excerpt from Chapter 5, he shares how meeting his colleague David…

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In an excerpt from his new book, @gregoryhickok.bsky.social details how meeting @davidpoeppel.bsky.social upended his understanding of speech processing in the brain and led to them developing the theory for bilateral speech perception. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/language/wir...

‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt

In his new book, Hickok provides a detailed overview of the research into the circuits that control speech and language. In this excerpt from Chapter 5, he shares how meeting his colleague David…

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On language and thought: evidence from aphasia. My latest essay for @psychtoday.bsky.social from my new book, Wired for Words published @mitpress.bsky.social. a.co/d/itQY0QZ www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language: 9780262553414: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

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MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I've yet to see a hardcopy myself but Amazon has some actual photos posted.

In "Wired for Words," cognitive neuroscientist @gregoryhickok.bsky.social provides a critical synthesis of over 150 years of research on the brain’s networks that enable us to communicate through language: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255341...

A copy of "Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language" by Gregory Hickok on a plain background. The cover features a image of the brain.

MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Stephen Wilson@smwilson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Such a fun time chatting with @smwilson.bsky.social about my book and language science generally! The book is out TODAY!

I'm thrilled to share Episode 35 of the Language Neuroscience Podcast, where I talk with Greg Hickok @gregoryhickok.bsky.social about his new book 'Wired for words: the neural architecture of language'. langneurosci.org/podcast/ep35

Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Advances in genomics are giving exciting new perspectives on biology of speech, language & reading. My latest peer-reviewed paper is a tutorial, guiding readers from different backgrounds through the history of the field, current state-of-the-art, & where we’re heading. A taster in this thread.🧪 1/n

Genomic Investigations of Spoken and Written Language Abilities: A Guide to Advances in Approaches, Technologies, and Discovery

Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to show how the rise of molecular technologies and analytical methods in human genetics yields exciting new ...

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Why we dance: The surprising link between talking, music, and moving to the beat. My latest essay @psychtoday.bsky.social adapted from my forthcoming @mitpress.bsky.social book, Wired for Words. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

Why We Dance

Ever wonder why humans can't resist moving to music? The answer connects dancing to speech in a surprising way—and explains why parrots are our unlikely partners in rhythm.

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If you're at #Sfn2025, stop by the 8am poster session Nov. 16 on Oral Motor and Speech and say hi! We're presenting two posters on the separate circuits for phonetic and prosodic control in speech production.

Yesterday I had a great chat with Stephen Wilson on his Language Neuroscience Podcast about my forthcoming book, Wired for Words. Watch for the podcast and book release on November 25! langneurosci.org/podcast/

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Joel I Berger @joelberger.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We still don't fully understand left-brain, right-brain differences. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

We Are Still Under the Spell of Split-Brain Research

For decades, researchers insisted the left brain dominates all aspects of language. But rare cases of "word deafness" and new experiments reveal a hidden symmetry.

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I rarely come on here or any social media, but wanted to share our latest preprint of large-scale human single neuron recordings during an auditory working memory task: doi.org/10.1101/2025... I'm very grateful to our patients, my co-authors and the funders. And to anyone who reads it :-) 🧠📈🧵👇(1/5)

Brain-wide single-neuron bases of working memory for sounds in humans

In order to understand the constantly changing acoustic world our brains must maintain elements of auditory scenes in memory. The neural mechanisms for this fundamental process remain unclear. Here, w...

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Language is a "species" of sensorimotor control architecture. A major conclusion regarding the neural architecture of language in my forthcoming book this month, Wired for Words @mitpress.bsky.social

Final adapted post from my forthcoming book @mitpress.bsky.social Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language. This one focuses on progress over the last 2.5 decades and summarizes some of the main takeaways, IMO. @psychtoday.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

Wired for Words: Understanding Language and the Brain

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

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Audio-visual synchrony perception in speech, which requires precise temporal alignment, might be sensitive to subclinical neurological disease. Here's some preliminary data from stroke. Work led by my former student Jon Venezia. www.jvascsurg.org/article/S074...

Audiovisual Temporal Processing as a Behavioral Marker in Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease: Preliminary Data and Hypothesis

Changes in auditory and audiovisual (AV) temporal processing occur in early aging and stroke. Asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic disease (ACAD) can cause chronic vascular insufficiency and silent is...

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UC Irvine School of Social Sciences@ucisocsci.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A nice piece on my now former grad student Jeremy Yeaton. Very proud of their accomplishments and looking forward to following Jeremy’s future successes!

An interdisciplinary approach | Jeremy Yeaton, UC Irvine language science Ph.D. ’25, demonstrates the value in taking a cross-pollinating approach to understanding speech loss @ucirvine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @jeremyyeaton.bsky.social @gregoryhickok.bsky.social

Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking. My new @psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire... .

Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking

For 150 years, Broca's area has defined speech production. Now scientists have discovered a second parallel system that controls the melody and rhythm of how we speak and sing.

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More than two decades have passed since we discovered that rare disruptions of the FOXP2 gene disturb development of proficient speech/language skills. Today we know of multiple FOXP genes that are directly implicated in distinct brain-related conditions with differences in symptoms & severity.🧪 1/n

A depiction of expression patterns of the FOXP1, FOXP2, and FOXP4 genes in the brain, based on the developmental human RNA sequencing dataset of BrainSpan (http://www.brainspan.org/). Data cover different prenatal timepoints starting at 8-to-10 weeks postconception (abbreviated as pcs), postnatal timepoints from 0-to-12 months (abbreviated as mos), and expression measured in adulthood. A dashed vertical line represents time of birth. Individual dots are shown each representing one brain sample, and lines show loess curves fitted through the datapoints. The analyzed brain regions are A1C, primary auditory cortex; CB, cerebellum; CBC, cerebellar cortex; DFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; DTH, dorsal thalamic nucleus; HIP, hippocampus; IPC, inferior parietal cortex; ITC, inferior temporal cortex; M1C, primary motor cortex; MD, mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; MFC, medial frontal cortex; OFC, orbitofrontal; S1C, primary sensory cortex; STR, striatum; TC, superior temporal cortex; V1C, primary visual cortex; VFC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This image comes from Figure 1 of a paper entitled “Molecular networks of the FOXP2 transcription factor in the brain” written by den Hoed, Devaraju and Fisher, published in the journal EMBO Reports in August 2021 (Volume 22, article e58203).

Another excerpt from my book, Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language published by @mitpress.bsky.social This post is on the ancient sensorimotor origins of language production networks. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...

The Hidden Orchestra: How Ancient Systems Underlie Speech

Your brain transforms thoughts into speech using an ancient blueprint: the sensorimotor control system. New research reveals how evolution repurposed movement control for language.

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We are about a month away from the publication release date for my @mitpress.bsky.social book, Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language. Here's a chapter-by-chapter preview. drive.google.com/file/d/18mc5...

WfW Chapter Summaries.pdf

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My attempt to depict the neural architecture of language as motivated in my forthcoming book, Wired for Words. Like colors represent functional connectivity. Main insight: linguistic levels are all organized with a sensorimotor-like architecture. pbs.twimg.com/media/G2cwsM...