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This study found that the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) is crucial for processing complex word structures. These findings support combinatorial word processing and highlight the LIFG

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neurolinguistics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Morphemes are fundamental units of meaning in language.
  • The neural basis of processing morphologically complex words remains debated.
  • Less is understood about morphological processing compared to syntax.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural correlates of morphological processing.
  • To examine functional convergence in neuroimaging studies of inflectional morphology.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search on PubMed.
  • Activation likelihood estimation meta-analyses of 16 neuroimaging studies.
  • Inclusion of studies comparing regular inflection with stems or irregular inflection.

Main Results:

  • Significant convergence in left frontal regions for inflectional morphology processing.
  • Consistent involvement of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) in morphological complexity.
  • Posterior LIFG involvement demonstrated robustness against publication bias.

Conclusions:

  • Evidence supports combinatorial processing of morphologically complex words.
  • The LIFG plays a key role in inflectional morphology, alongside syntax.
  • Posterior LIFG underpins grammatical functions including inflectional morphology and syntax.