Comprehensive World Brain Mapping Course-Contemporary Model of Language Organization

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In this video transcript, the speaker discusses their work on intracranial recording of language and its insights into cortical physiology. They highlight the importance of high-frequency activity in the cortex, particularly in the range of 60 to 250 hertz, and its potential for developing a speech prosthetic device. The speaker presents various studies they conducted, including one on the phenomenon of categorical perception and another on the representation of semantic meaning in the brain. They also explore language generation and the involvement of different brain areas, such as Broca's area and the hippocampus. The speaker also demonstrates their ability to decode language input and music perception and imagination from direct brain recordings. They discuss the potential of using this decoding technique to develop an implantable speech prosthesis for patients who cannot speak and emphasize the plasticity of language cortex. The speaker concludes by discussing future directions for research in the field. This summary is based on a transcript of the video, and no credits were mentioned or granted.

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Robert T. Knight, MD

Keywords

intracranial recording

cortical physiology

speech prosthetic device

semantic meaning

language decoding

implantable speech prosthesis