2016
Language system organization in a quadrilingual with a brain tumor: Implications for understanding of the language network
Połczyńska MM, Benjamin CF, Japardi K, Frew A, Bookheimer SY. Language system organization in a quadrilingual with a brain tumor: Implications for understanding of the language network. Neuropsychologia 2016, 86: 167-175. PMID: 27143224, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage mappingPre-operative functional magnetic resonance imagingLanguage-specific regionsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAge of acquisitionIntraoperative language mappingAmount of exposureMultilingual speakersSecond languageFourth languageMultilingual individualsFrontal brain tumorLanguage similarityLanguage systemNeurocognitive modelsLanguageLanguage networkAge 5Different organizationsSpeakersMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingImpairmentSystem organizationOrganization
2014
Role of the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative mapping of language and memory: two atypical cases
Połczyńska MM, Benjamin CF, Moseley BD, Walshaw P, Eliashiv D, Vigil C, Jones M, Bookheimer SY. Role of the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative mapping of language and memory: two atypical cases. Neurocase 2014, 21: 707-720. PMID: 25372664, DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2014.977300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonanceWada testAtypical language representationRight-handed individualsLanguage dominanceLanguage lateralizationLanguage representationCognitive deficitsUnexpected memoryWada testingAtypical casesMemoryResective epilepsy surgeryEpilepsy surgeryPreoperative mappingSeizure onsetInvasive proceduresMagnetic resonanceLateralizationDeficitsPotential riskRiskLanguageIndividualsSurgery