What Do Language Disorders Reveal about Brain–Language Relationships? From Classic Models to Network Approaches

What Do Language Disorders Reveal about Brain-Language Relationships? From Classic Models to Network Approaches.

Studies of language disorders have shaped our understanding of brain-language relationships over the last two centuries. This article provides a review of this research and how our thinking has changed over the years regarding how the brain processes language. In the 19th century, a series of famous case studies linked distinct speech and language functions to specific portions of the left hemi...

What do eyes reveal about the mind?

We address the question of inferring the search target from fixation behavior in visual search. Such inference is possible since during search, our attention and gaze are guided toward visual features similar to those in the search target. We strive to answer two fundamental questions: what are the most powerful algorithmic principles for this task, and how does their performance depend on the ...

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

What does information about referrals reveal about the service network?

OBJECTIVE To identify the most important referring parties in the Finnish health care system. DESIGN A record linkage study based on nationwide administrative registers. SETTING The hospital discharge register during 1996 to 2000. SUBJECTS The total Finnish population and the population of four hospital districts. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Discharges of individuals by the most important ref...

What Do We Know About Language Equations?