BRAIN AND LANGUAGE COGNITION

By briefly reviewing the sixty-three translated papers in Brain and Language Cognition, we summarize three popular research topics concerning brain and language cognition, including: (i) locating neural bases/processes of language cognition using neuroimaging technologies; (ii) comparing language abilities with other cognitive competences; and (iii) pinpointing neural circuitries processing semantics, phonology, and logographs of Chinese. Meanwhile, we advocate another five topics that might interest Chinese scholars in this field, including: (i) examining brain structures and language functions from perspectives of complex systems and networks; (ii) analyzing time-frequency responses of the human brain toward speech stimuli; (iii) studying tone processing in the human brain; (iv) examining cognitive processes involved in speech production; and (v) designing brain-computer interface facilities to aid needed people.