PUBLISHED WORK
References and Links to Papers
Neurobiology of Language, 2023
GRAMMATICAL PARALLELISM IN APHASIA: A LESION-SYMPTOM MAPPING STUDY
Matchin, W., Basilakos, A., Stark, B., den Ouden, D. B., Fridriksson, J., & Hickok, G. (in press). Grammatical parallelism in aphasia: a lesion-symptom mapping study. Neurobiology of Language.
Frontiers in Language Sciences, 2023
LEXICO-SEMANTICS OBSCURES LEXICAL SYNTAX
Matchin, W. (in press). Lexico-semantics obscures lexical syntax. Frontiers in Language Sciences.
Aphasiology, 2023
MARY HAS A LITTLE CHAIR: ELICITING NOUN-MODIFIER PHRASES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ACUTE POST-STROKE APHASIA
Melissa D. Stockbridge, M. D., Matchin, W., DeLuque, E., Sharif, M., Fridriksson, J., Faria,
A. V., & Hillis, A. E. (2023). Mary has a little chair: Eliciting noun-modifier phrases in individuals with acute post-stroke aphasia. Aphasiology, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2233739.
Brain, 2023
REPLY: THE WERNICKE CONUNDRUM IS MISINTERPRETED
Matchin, W., Ouden, D. B. D., Hickok, G., Hillis, A. E., Bonilha, L., & Fridriksson, J. (2023). Reply: The Wernicke conundrum is misinterpreted. Brain, 146(4), e23-e24.
Brain, 2022
THE WERNICKE CONUNDRUM REVISITED: EVIDENCE FROM CONNECTOME-BASED LESION-SYMPTOM MAPPING IN POST-STROKE APHASIA
Matchin, W., den Ouden, D. B., Hickok, G., Hillis, A. E., Bonilha, L., Fridriksson, J. (2022). The Wernicke conundrum revisited: evidence from connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping in post-stroke aphasia. Brain, 145(11), 3916-3930.
We test the interesting and provocative 'double dissociation' hypothesis of Mesulam et al. (2015), using connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping in large groups of people with post-stroke aphasia. We find no evidence in support of this hypothesis; by contrast, we find evidence in support of the classical view that Wernicke's area (middle-posterior superior temporal lobe) supports both word and sentence comprehension.
NeuroImage, 2022
FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION IN THE LANGUAGE NETWORK REVEALED BY LESION-SYMPTOM MAPPING
Matchin, W., Basilakos, A., Stark, B. C., Den Ouden, D., Fridriksson, J., & Hickok, G. (2022). Functional differentiation in the language network revealed by lesion-symptom mapping. NeuroImage, 247, 1-12.
We find, using lesion-symptom mapping, that distinct aspects of syntax and semantics map onto different parts of the brain, despite claims to the contrary.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2022
THE CORTICAL ORGANIZATION OF SYNTACTIC PROCESSING IS SUPRAMODAL: EVIDENCE FROM AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Matchin, W., Ilkbasaran, D., Hatrak, M., Roth, A., Villwock, A., Halgren, E., & Mayberry, R. I. (2022). The cortical organization of syntactic processing is supramodal: Evidence from American Sign Language. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 34(2), 224-235.
Syntactic processing during sentence comprehension in fMRI localizes to the same parts of the temporal lobe in native deaf signers of American Sign Language as identified using spoken languages in previous studies.
Aphasiology, 2021
ONE CAT, TWO CATS, RED CAT, BLUE CATS: ELICITING MORPHEMES FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA
Stockbridge, M. D., Matchin, W., Walker, A., Breining, B. L., Fridriksson, J., Hillis, A. E., & Hickok, G. (2021). One cat, Two cats, Red cat, Blue cats: Eliciting morphemes from individuals with primary progressive aphasia. Aphasiology, 35(12), 1-12
Cognitive Neuropsychology, 2021
A DOUBLE DISSOCIATION BETWEEN PLURAL AND POSSESSIVE “S”: EVIDENCE FROM THE MORPHOSYNTACTIC GENERATION TEST
Stockbridge, M. D., Walker, A., Matchin, W., Breining, B. L., Fridriksson, J., Hillis, A. E., & Hickok, G. (2021). A double dissociation between plural and possessive “s”: Evidence from the Morphosyntactic Generation test. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 38(1), 1-8.
Cerebral Cortex Communications, 2020
SYNTAX-SENSITIVE REGIONS OF THE POSTERIOR INFERIOR FRONTAL
GYRUS AND THE POSTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE ARE DIFFERENTIALLY RECRUITED BY PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION
Matchin, W., & Wood, E. (2020). Syntax-sensitive regions of the posterior inferior frontal gyrus and the posterior temporal lobe are differentially recruited by production and perception. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1, 1-12.
Neurobiology of Language, 2020
Matchin, W., Basilakos, A., Stark, B., den Ouden, D. B., Fridriksson, J., & Hickok, G. (2020). Agrammatism and paragrammatism: a cortical double dissociation revealed by lesion-symptom mapping. Neurobiology of Language.
Using lesion-symptom mapping in stroke-based aphasia and a perceptual classification of grammatical deficits, we identified a double dissociation between agrammatism, linked to inferior and middle frontal damage, and paragrammatism, linked to posterior temporal/inferior parietal damage.
Cerebral Cortex, 2020
Matchin, W., & Hickok, G. (2020). The cortical organization of syntax. Cerebral Cortex, 30(3), 1481–1498.
Our new theoretical model of syntax in the brain, combining insights from linguistic theory, psycholinguistics, neuroimaging, and aphasia. We posit a hierarchical lexical-syntactic function to the posterior middle temporal gyrus, and a linear morpho-syntactic function to the inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis.
Neuropsychologia, 2019
Matchin, W., Liao, C. H., Gaston, P., & Lau, E. (2019). Same words, different structures: An fMRI investigation of argument relations and the angular gyrus. Neuropsychologia, 125, 116-128.
We investigated the neurobiology of verb argument structure using fMRI. Manipulating structural configuration while controlling for lexical items, we compared activations for unstructured word lists, noun phrases (the frightened boy), and verb phrases (frightened the boy).
Human Brain Mapping, 2019
Matchin, W., Brodbeck, C., Hammerly, C., & Lau, E. (2019). The temporal dynamics of structure and content in sentence comprehension: Evidence from fMRI‐constrained MEG. Human Brain Mapping, 40(2), 663-678.
Cortex, 2018
Hickok, G., Rogalsky, C., Matchin, W., Basilakos, A., Cai, J., Pillay, S., ... & Binder, J. (2018). Neural networks supporting audiovisual integration for speech: A large-scale lesion study. Cortex, 103, 360-371.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2018
*Okada, K., *Matchin, W., & Hickok, G. (2018). Phonological feature repetition suppression in the left inferior frontal gyrus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(10), 1549-1557.
*This is a joint first-author publication.
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 2018
A NEURONAL RETUNING HYPOTHESIS OF SENTENCE-SPECIFICITY IN BROCA’S AREA
Matchin, W. G. (2018). A neuronal retuning hypothesis of sentence-specificity in Broca’s area. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(5), 1682-1694.
