Zhichao Xia

#JNeurosci | Findings from Chang et al. suggests that both oral reading and silent reading should be examined when assessing conditions that are characterized by deficits in reading, like alexia or dyslexia. doi.org/10.1523/JNEURO…

Steckermeier et al. detail the Austrian NeuroCloud Language Study Dataset: a multi-session, multi-echo fMRI resource for individual level language research doi.org/10.52294/001c.… @OhbmOpen @OHBM #OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue

How to read a brain MRI and make a diagnosis in seconds, along with urgent triage, with very high accuracy? A vision language AI model from @umichmedicine @natBME tested in real world medicine nature.com/articles/s4155…

#CNS2026 Keynote Address, Saturday, March 7, 2026, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Parq Grand Ballroom Language is a central feature of human uniqueness. Undeniably members of the species homo sapiens produce and understand speech, and many of them can read and write. They do this in quite different varieties. The sound repertoires of the more than 7000 languages that are still around today vary widely, as do their grammatical structures, and the meanings that their lexical items code for. It is equally undisputable that the human brain provides the shared neurobiological infrastructure for our language skills. This infrastructure requires the contribution of multiple neural networks, some more specialized for language than others. In addition, there is substantial neural plasticity that enables the accommodation of language variation and individual variation in language skills. I will discuss the brain’s infrastructure for this uniquely human capacity from a multiple neural networks perspective. Next to the neuro-architectural features I will discuss the neuro-functional aspects of language processing. I will also discuss fMRI results that indicate the insufficiency of the Mirror Neuron Hypothesis to explain language understanding. Instead, understanding the message that the speaker wants to convey requires the contribution of the Theory of Mind network. Finally, I will illustrate why it is hard to give a good presentation. cogneurosociety.org/keynote-addres… @CogNeuroNews @CNS_TA

"deepmriprep: VBM preprocessing via deep neural networks" is published in Nature Computational Science 🧠💻 🔗 Paper: rdcu.be/e1t4N VBM preprocessing in ~10 seconds per #brain image 🚀 🔗 GitHub: github.com/wwu-mmll/deepm… Install via "pip install deepmriprep"

New tour de force from Giulia Baracchini: everything you ever wanted to know about brain signal variability! 🧠 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Brook and Salo et al. describe the study protocol and initial release of an open dataset of behavioral and neuroimaging measures in youth: doi.org/10.52294/001c.… @sattertt @OhbmOpen #OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue

EEG requires many neurons aligned so that their electric fields can positively sum to spread up to the scalp. I made a browser-based simulator for my EEG class to visualize how "open fields" contribute to EEG recordings. dbrang.github.io/Open-Closed-Fi… Github: github.com/dbrang/Open-Cl…

Online now: The cerebellar components of the human language network dlvr.it/TQVvff

Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.10…

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Weiyong Xu, Jarmo Hämäläinen, et al: Neural signatures of automatic letter–speech sound integration in literate adults doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a…

Nature research paper: Shared and language-specific phonological processing in the human temporal lobe go.nature.com/3LGaIMO

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? In a sense yes, but does network science help us understand the brain as a complex system? Intriguing paper. If anything the paper has 800+ refs! doi.org/10.1016/j.plre…

Online now: Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding dlvr.it/TP7snV

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Jeanette A. Mumford, Russell A. Poldrack, et al: Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a…

MultiModalGraphics: an R package for graphical integration of multi-omics datasets bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

From retinotopic to ordinal coding: Dissecting the cortical stages of visual word recognition | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Muhammad Nabi Yasinzai, Remika Mito, and Mangor Pedersen: BrainScape: An open-source framework for integrating and preprocessing anatomical MRI datasets doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a…

Reconceptualizing cognitive listening Opinion by Sven L. Mattys, Ryan M. O'Leary, Ronan A. McGarrigle (@McgarrigleRonan), & Arthur Wingfield tinyurl.com/464y5yth

Don’t miss Dr. Olaf Sporns (@SpornsLab) on “Networks, Dynamics, Information”! He’ll share insights from his pioneering work on the connectome & Network Neuroscience. 🧠🚀 🗓️ Fri, Oct 31, 2025 🕐 1 PM ET 💻 Virtual Talk