Predicting language: MEG evidence for lexical preactivation

- We used MEG in a picture-noun matching task to investigate prediction in language processing.
- Preceding the target noun, we found increased brain activity if a specific noun could be predicted.
- Prediction affected brain activity in left-temporal, ventro-medial prefrontal, and visual cortex.
- These results suggest the recruitment of a top-down network in the preactivation of predicted words.