publications
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preprints
Wolna, A., Wright, A., Casto, C., Hutchinson, S., Lipkin, B., & Fedorenko, E. (2025). The extended language network: Language selective brain areas whose contributions to language remain to be discovered. bioRxiv.
ABS
Using fMRI data from 772 participants performing an extensively validated language localizer, this work delineates areas that respond reliably to language across written and auditory modalities and evaluates their selectivity relative to a demanding non-linguistic task. The newly identified extended language-selective network includes areas around the temporal poles, medial frontal cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum.
papers
Iltis, P. W., Frahm, J., Voit, D., Wright, A., & Dever, A. (2024). A descriptive comparison of oral cavity movements between brass instrumentalists performing large interval slurs. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 39(4), 169-176.
ABS
Real-time MRI films were used to compare oral cavity movements in horn, trumpet, and trombone players. The study reports patterned tongue movements in horn and trumpet players during ascending and descending slurs, with implications for vocal-tract tuning in brass performance.
posters & presentations
- Wolna, A., Wright, A., Casto, C., Lipkin, B., & Fedorenko, E. (2025, March). The extended language network: Language selective brain areas whose contributions to language remain to be discovered. McGovern Travel & Technology Awards Poster Session, Cambridge, MA. PDF
- Wolna, A., Wright, A., Wodniecka, Z., & Fedorenko. (2025, April). From Words to Stories: Engagement of language-specific and domain-general neural mechanisms in native and second language comprehension. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA. PDF