Language processing from the perspective of electrical stimulation mapping |
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| Authors: | Adrià Rofes Emmanuel Mandonnet Vânia de Aguiar Brenda Rapp Kyrana Tsapkini Gabriele Miceli |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;2. Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAadria.rofes@gbhi.orgrofesa@tcd.ie!["ORCID]("//:0" "\"ORCID") https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-1734;5. Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France;6. University Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France;7. Frontlab, INSERM, ICM, Paris, France;8. Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;9. Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;10. Center for Mind and Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, Italy |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTElectrical Stimulation (ES) is a neurostimulation technique that is used to localize language functions in the brain of people with intractable epilepsy and/or brain tumors. We reviewed 25 ES articles published between 1984 and 2018 and interpreted them from a cognitive neuropsychological perspective. Our aim was to highlight ES as a tool to further our understanding of cognitive models of language. We focused on associations and dissociations between cognitive functions within the framework of two non-neuroanatomically specified models of language. Also, we discussed parallels between the ES and the stroke literatures and showed how ES data can help us to generate hypotheses regarding how language is processed. A good understanding of cognitive models of language is essential to motivate task selection and to tailor surgical procedures, for example, by avoiding testing the same cognitive functions and understanding which functions may be more or less relevant to be tested during surgery. |
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| Keywords: | Awake surgery language direct electrical stimulation cognitive neuroscience |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-1734;5. Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France;6. University Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France;7. Frontlab, INSERM, ICM, Paris, France;8. Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;9. Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;10. Center for Mind and Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, Italy