“…Second, pMTG is associated with understanding thematic relations, events and actions (Gennari et al., 2007, Kable et al., 2005, Martin and Chao, 2001, Perani et al., 1999, Shapiro et al., 2005, Tranel et al., 2003, Vigliocco et al., 2011). A third set of studies show that pMTG participates in a left-lateralised network underpinning semantic control, along with anterior IFG (Davey et al., 2016, Hallam et al., 2016, Jefferies, 2013, Noonan et al., 2013, Teige et al., 2018, Wang et al., 2018, Whitney et al., 2011). We observed a greater engagement of pMTG for thematic than taxonomic relationships (irrespective of difficulty), and for weak compared with strong thematic relationships.…”