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Toward the language oscillogenome
- Source :
- Frontiers in Psychology, idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2018.
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Abstract
- Language has been argued to arise, both ontogenetically and phylogenetically, from specific patterns of brain wiring. We argue that it can further be shown that core features of language processing emerge from particular phasal and cross-frequency coupling properties of neural oscillations; what has been referred to as the language 'oscillome.' It is expected that basic aspects of the language oscillome result from genetic guidance, what we will here call the language 'oscillogenome,' for which we will put forward a list of candidate genes. We have considered genes for altered brain rhythmicity in conditions involving language deficits: autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, specific language impairment and dyslexia. These selected genes map on to aspects of brain function, particularly on to neurotransmitter function. We stress that caution should be adopted in the construction of any oscillogenome, given the range of potential roles particular localized frequency bands have in cognition. Our aim is to propose a set of genome-to-language linking hypotheses that, given testing, would grant explanatory power to brain rhythms with respect to language processing and evolution. Economic and Social Research Council scholarship 1474910 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) FFI2016-78034-C2-2-P
- Subjects :
- autism spectrum disorders
neural oscillations
language deficits
Autism spectrum disorders
Candidate genes
schizophrenia
Dyslexia
specific language impairment
Specific language impairment
Hypothesis and Theory
dyslexia
Schizophrenia
Psychology
Neural oscillations
Language deficits
candidate genes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Psychology, idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....b7238efa34e5be96f0f3d08c230c182f