bioRxiv: "Semantic reasoning takes place largely outside the language network"

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692873v1 The brain’s language network is often implicated in the representation and manipulation of abstract semantic knowledge. However, this view is inconsistent with a large body of evidence suggesting that language processing is neurally distinct from the rest of cognition. Here, we use precision brain imaging to uncover a set of brain regions, separate from the language network, that are engaged in semantic processing of both linguistic a...
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