SMRTR Science & EngineeringAug 13, 2026Nautilus

We May Have Finally Identified the Brain’s Language Network

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Neuroscientists at Stanford and MIT scanned nearly 1,200 people using fMRI machines and identified the brain's language network by tracking how activity changed over time, rather than averaging brain scans. The network spans the left hemisphere and frontal temporal regions, varies by person, but stays consistent regardless of what someone is doing.

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