Agata Wolna
awolna.bsky.social
Agata Wolna
@awolna.bsky.social
Neuroscience of Language | Post-doc in EvLab at MIT
We also looked at the Harvard-Oxford Subcortical parcellation where we found selective responses to language in bilateral amygdalae and hippocampi, non-selective but robust responses to both language tasks left thalamus shows, but no proof for neither in the basal ganglia: (10/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
To make sure we did not miss anything, we also systematically searched for language-selective responses in 3 standard atalses: DKT, Harvard-Oxford Cortical, and Glasser parcellation. These results converge with our data-driven functional parcellation. (9/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
… two regions in the right and one in the left cerebellum (for in-depth characterization of cerebellar language regions look out for an imminent preprint from @coltoncasto.bsky.social!): (7/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
… bilateral areas in the ventral temporal poles and the left BTLA (see also Jin Li's work: tinyurl.com/2t98jkks): (6/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
…which leaves 12 newly established language-selective regions!

These include three medial frontal regions and a region in the left precuneus: (5/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Using group-constrained subject-specific parcellation, we identified 27 candidate language regions in the🧠.
22 of the 27 regions show robust, amodal response to language, and 20 are selective for language. These include the core language regions and their right homotopes. (4/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We then tested whether these areas—defined within individuals by the reading-based localizer (A), generalize to auditory language comprehension (B), and whether they are selective relative to a non-linguistic difficult task (C). (3/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lesson 1️⃣: Not all “language tasks” are created equal

Some brain areas where responses to “language tasks” have been reported don’t survive our criteria for what counts a high-level, amodal and selective language region These include occipital areas and the basal ganglia. (12/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We also looked at the Harvard-Oxford Subcortical parcellation where we found selective responses to language in bilateral amygdalae and hippocampi, non-selective but robust responses to both language tasks left thalamus shows, but no proof for neither in the basal ganglia: (10/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To make sure we did not miss anything, we also systematically searched for language-selective responses in 3 standard atalses: DKT, Harvard-Oxford Cortical, and Glasser parcellation. These results converge with our data-driven functional parcellation. (9/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
… two regions in the right and one in the left cerebellum (for in-depth characterization of cerebellar language regions look out for an imminent preprint from
@coltoncasto.bsky.social !): (7/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
… bilateral areas in the ventral temporal poles and the left BTLA (see also Jin Li’s work: tinyurl.com/2t98jkks): (6/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
…which leaves 12 newly established language-selective regions!

These include three medial frontal regions and a region in the left precuneus: (5/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Using group-constrained subject-specific parcellation, we identified 27 candidate language regions in the🧠.
22 of the 27 regions show robust, amodal response to language, and 20 are selective for language. These include the core language regions and their right homotopes. (4/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We then tested whether these areas—defined within individuals by the reading-based localizer (A), generalize to auditory language comprehension (B), and whether they are selective relative to a non-linguistic difficult task (C). (3/n)
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lesson 1️⃣: Not all “language tasks” are created equal

Some brain areas where responses to “language tasks” have been reported don’t survive our criteria for what counts a high-level, amodal and selective language region These include occipital areas and the basal ganglia. (12/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We also looked at the Harvard-Oxford Subcortical parcellation where we found selective responses to language in bilateral amygdalae and hippocampi, non-selective but robust responses to both language tasks left thalamus shows, but no proof for neither in the basal ganglia: (10/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
To make sure we did not miss anything, we also systematically searched for language-selective responses in 3 standard atalses: DKT, Harvard-Oxford Cortical, and Glasser parcellation. These results converge with our data-Tdriven functional parcellation. (9/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
… two regions in the right and one in the left cerebellum (for in-depth characterization of cerebellar language regions look out for an imminent preprint from Colton Casto!): (7/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
… bilateral areas in the ventral temporal poles and the left BTLA (see also Jin Li’s work: tinyurl.com/2t98jkks): (6/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
…which leaves 12 newly established language-selective regions!

These include three medial frontal regions and a region in the left precuneus: (5/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Using group-constrained subject-specific parcellation, we identified 27 candidate language regions in the🧠.
22 of the 27 regions show robust, amodal response to language, and 20 are selective for language. These include the core language regions and their right homotopes. (4/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We then tested whether these areas—defined within individuals by the reading-based localizer (A), generalize to auditory language comprehension (B), and whether they are selective relative to a non-linguistic difficult task (C). (3/n)
April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM