Magnetoencephalography and Language

We provide an introductory overview of research that uses magnetoencephalography (MEG) to understand the brain basis of human language. The cognitive processes and brain networks that have been implicated in written and spoken language comprehension and production are discussed in relation to different methodologies: we briefly review event-related brain responses, research on the coupling of neural oscillations to speech, oscillatory coupling between brain regions (e.g., auditory-motor coupling), and neural decoding approaches in naturalistic language comprehension. We end with a short section on the clinical relevance of MEG language research, focusing on dyslexia and specific language impairment.