The map, which combines data from six of the participants, shows words being stored in over 100 areas of the brain, spread across both the left and right hemispheres.

The map may help us understand language deficits in Alzheimer’s disease or in aphasia, a condition which can involve using the wrong words or sounds in speech.

This interactive 3D brain visualizes where 10,000 words are represented across 60,000 cortical regions.

‘Brain dictionary’ maps where specific words are represented in the mind. By Eric Boodman April 27, 2016. Reprints. ... Is it your own thinking about being a parent yourself?” ...

In a new Nature paper, Berkely neuroscientists Alexander G. Huth and colleagues present a 'semantic atlas' of the human brain.Huth et al. have mapped which brain areas respond to words, according to ...

Perhaps learning new words really means thinking new thoughts. Gibson and his team were able to come to their conclusion thanks to a special group of study subjects: the Tsimane' people.