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The signing brain: the neurobiology of sign language by MacSweeney, Mairéad, Capek, Cheryl M, Campbell, Ruth, Woll, Bencie

“…Most of our knowledge about the neurobiological bases of language comes from studies of spoken languages. By studying signed languages, we can determine…”
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Dissociating cognitive and sensory neural plasticity in human superior temporal cortex by Cardin, Velia, Orfanidou, Eleni, Rönnberg, Jerker, Capek, Cheryl M., Rudner, Mary, Woll, Bencie

“…Disentangling the effects of sensory and cognitive factors on neural reorganization is fundamental for establishing the relationship between plasticity and…”
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Monitoring Different Phonological Parameters of Sign Language Engages the Same Cortical Language Network but Distinctive Perceptual Ones by Cardin, Velia, Orfanidou, Eleni, Kästner, Lena, Rönnberg, Jerker, Woll, Bencie, Capek, Cheryl M, Rudner, Mary

“…The study of signed languages allows the dissociation of sensorimotor and cognitive neural components of the language signal. Here we investigated the…”
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Differential activity in Heschl's gyrus between deaf and hearing individuals is due to auditory deprivation rather than language modality by Cardin, Velia, Smittenaar, Rebecca C., Orfanidou, Eleni, Rönnberg, Jerker, Capek, Cheryl M., Rudner, Mary, Woll, Bencie

“…Sensory cortices undergo crossmodal reorganisation as a consequence of sensory deprivation. Congenital deafness in humans represents a particular case with…”
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Neural Networks Supporting Phoneme Monitoring Are Modulated by Phonology but Not Lexicality or Iconicity: Evidence From British and Swedish Sign Language by Rudner, Mary, Orfanidou, Eleni, Kästner, Lena, Cardin, Velia, Woll, Bencie, Capek, Cheryl M., Rönnberg, Jerker

“…Sign languages are natural languages in the visual domain. Because they lack a written form, they provide a sharper tool than spoken languages for…”
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Preexisting semantic representation improves working memory performance in the visuospatial domain by Rudner, Mary, Orfanidou, Eleni, Cardin, Velia, Capek, Cheryl M., Woll, Bencie, Rönnberg, Jerker

“…Working memory (WM) for spoken language improves when the to-be-remembered items correspond to preexisting representations in long-term memory. We investigated…”
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Brain systems mediating semantic and syntactic processing in deaf native signers: Biological invariance and modality specificity by Capek, Cheryl M, Grossi, Giordana, Newman, Aaron J, McBurney, Susan L, Corina, David, Roeder, Brigitte, Neville, Helen J

“…Studies of written and spoken language suggest that nonidentical brain networks support semantic and syntactic processing. Event-related brain potential (ERP)…”
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Cortical circuits for silent speechreading in deaf and hearing people by Capek, Cheryl M., MacSweeney, Mairéad, Woll, Bencie, Waters, Dafydd, McGuire, Philip K., David, Anthony S., Brammer, Michael J., Campbell, Ruth

“…This fMRI study explored the functional neural organisation of seen speech in congenitally deaf native signers and hearing non-signers. Both groups showed…”
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Similar digit-based working memory in deaf signers and hearing non-signers despite digit span differences by Andin, Josefine, Orfanidou, Eleni, Cardin, Velia, Holmer, Emil, Capek, Cheryl M, Woll, Bencie, Rönnberg, Jerker, Rudner, Mary

“…Similar working memory (WM) for lexical items has been demonstrated for signers and non-signers while short-term memory (STM) is regularly poorer in deaf than…”
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Hand and mouth: cortical correlates of lexical processing in British Sign Language and speechreading English by Capek, Cheryl M, Waters, Dafydd, Woll, Bencie, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Brammer, Michael J, McGuire, Philip K, David, Anthony S, Campbell, Ruth

“…Spoken languages use one set of articulators -- the vocal tract, whereas signed languages use multiple articulators, including both manual and facial actions…”
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Fingerspelling, signed language, text and picture processing in deaf native signers: The role of the mid-fusiform gyrus by Waters, Dafydd, Campbell, Ruth, Capek, Cheryl M., Woll, Bencie, David, Anthony S., McGuire, Philip K., Brammer, Michael J., MacSweeney, Mairéad

“…In fingerspelling, different hand configurations are used to represent the different letters of the alphabet. Signers use this method of representing written…”
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Superior temporal activation as a function of linguistic knowledge: Insights from deaf native signers who speechread by Capek, Cheryl M., Woll, Bencie, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Waters, Dafydd, McGuire, Philip K., David, Anthony S., Brammer, Michael J., Campbell, Ruth

“…Studies of spoken and signed language processing reliably show involvement of the posterior superior temporal cortex. This region is also reliably activated by…”
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The signer and the sign: Cortical correlates of person identity and language processing from point-light displays by Campbell, Ruth, Capek, Cheryl M., Gazarian, Karine, MacSweeney, Mairéad, Woll, Bencie, David, Anthony S., McGuire, Philip K., Brammer, Michael J.

“…► First cortical imaging study of point-light signed language (SL). ► Distinguishes carrier and content in SL. ► Describes cortical circuitry for both carrier…”
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Corrigendum to “Fingerspelling, signed language, text and picture processing in deaf native signers: The role of the mid-fusiform gyrus” [NeuroImage 35 (2007) 1287–1302] by Waters, Dafydd, Campbell, Ruth, Capek, Cheryl M., Woll, Bencie, David, Anthony S., McGuire, Philip K., Brammer, Michael J., MacSweeney, Mairéad

“…Size (voxels/cm3) x y z BA Fingerspelled English words (FS) L middle occipital/inferior temporal gyria,b 1298/46.65 -47 -63 -7 19/37 Anterior cingulate…”
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Investigating the impact of lip visibility and talking style on speechreading performance by Lander, Karen, Capek, Cheryl

“…► We explore the impact of lip visibility and speaking style on speechreadability. ► We compare speechreading from talkers with natural, bright and concealed…”
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The cortical organization of audio-visual sentence comprehension: an fMRI study at 4 Tesla by Capek, Cheryl M., Bavelier, Daphne, Corina, David, Newman, Aaron J., Jezzard, Peter, Neville, Helen J.

“…Neuroimaging studies of written and spoken sentence processing report greater left hemisphere than right hemisphere activation. However, a large majority of…”
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Seeing speech and seeing sign: Insights from a fMRI study by Campbell, Ruth, Capek, Cheryl

“…In a single study, silent speechreading and signed language processing were investigated using fMRI. Deaf native signers of British sign language (BSL) who…”
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The cortical organization of spoken and signed sentence processing in adults by Capek, Cheryl Monica

“…A central issue in the biology of language is distinguishing invariant language functions from those that depend upon the particular modality through which…”
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The cortical organization of spoken and signed sentence processing in adults by Capek, Cheryl Monica

“…A central issue in the biology of language is distinguishing invariant language functions from those that depend upon the particular modality through which…”
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