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Mashal, N.; Faust, M.; Hendler, T.; Jung-Beeman, M. – Brain and Language, 2007
The neural networks associated with processing related pairs of words forming literal, novel, and conventional metaphorical expressions and unrelated pairs of words were studied in a group of 15 normal adults using fMRI. Subjects read the four types of linguistic expressions and decided which relation exists between the two words (metaphoric,…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, Figurative Language, Language Processing, Adults
Apostolova, Liana G.; Lu, Po; Rogers, Steve; Dutton, Rebecca A.; Hayashi, Kiralee M.; Toga, Arthur W.; Cummings, Jeffrey L.; Thompson, Paul M. – Brain and Language, 2008
We investigated the associations between Boston naming and the animal fluency tests and cortical atrophy in 19 probable AD and 5 multiple domain amnestic mild cognitive impairment patients who later converted to AD. We applied a surface-based computational anatomy technique to MRI scans of the brain and then used linear regression models to detect…
Descriptors: Animals, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Alzheimers Disease, Language Impairments
Vitali, P.; Abutalebi, J.; Tettamanti, M.; Rowe, J.; Scifo, P.; Fazio, F.; Cappa, S.F.; Perani, D. – Brain and Language, 2005
The present fMRI study of semantic fluency for animal and tool names provides further evidence for category-specific brain activations, and reports task-related changes in effective connectivity among defined cerebral regions. Two partially segregated systems of functional integration were highlighted: the tool condition was associated with an…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Processing, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Neuropsychology
Stringaris, Argyris K.; Medford, Nicholas C.; Giampietro, Vincent; Brammer, Michael J.; David, Anthony S. – Brain and Language, 2007
In this study, we used a novel cognitive paradigm and event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (ER-fMRI) to investigate the neural substrates involved in processing three different types of sentences. Participants read either metaphoric ("Some surgeons are butchers"), literal ("Some surgeons are fathers"), or non-meaningful sentences…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Lateral Dominance, Neuropsychology
Cutica, Ilaria; Bucciarelli, Monica; Bara, Bruno G. – Brain and Language, 2006
The aim of the present study is to compare the pragmatic ability of right- and left-hemisphere-damaged patients excluding the possible interference of linguistic deficits. To this aim, we study extralinguistic communication, that is communication performed only through gestures. The Cognitive Pragmatics Theory provides the theoretical framework:…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Patients, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain
Buchsbaum, Bradley; Pickell, Bert; Love, Tracy; Hatrak, Marla; Bellugi, Ursula; Hickok, Gregory – Brain and Language, 2005
The nature of the representations maintained in verbal working memory is a topic of debate. Some authors argue for a modality-dependent code, tied to particular sensory or motor systems. Others argue for a modality-neutral code. Sign language affords a unique perspective because it factors out the effects of modality. In an fMRI experiment, deaf…
Descriptors: Memory, Sign Language, Deafness, Neurolinguistics
Kobayashi, Chiyoko; Glover, Gary H.; Temple, Elise – Brain and Language, 2006
Theory of mind (ToM)--our ability to predict behaviors of others in terms of their underlying intentions--has been thought to be universal and invariant across different cultures. However, several ToM studies conducted outside the Anglo-American cultural or linguistic boundaries have obtained mixed results. To examine the influence of…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, Brain, Cultural Influences, Bilingualism
Bartha, Lisa; Marien, Peter; Poewe, Werner; Benke, Thomas – Brain and Language, 2004
This study describes the linguistic and neuropsychological findings in three right-handed patients with crossed conduction aphasia. Despite the location of the lesion in the right hemisphere, all patients displayed a combination of linguistic deficits typically found in conduction aphasia following analogous damage to the left hemisphere.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Handedness, Short Term Memory
Long, Debra L.; Baynes, Kathleen; Prat, Chantel S. – Brain and Language, 2005
Readers construct at least two interrelated representations when they comprehend a text: (a) a representation of the explicit ideas in a text and the relations among them (i.e., a propositional representation) and (b) a representation of the context or situation to which a text refers (i.e., a discourse model). In a recent study, Long and Baynes…
Descriptors: Semantics, Neurolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Word Recognition
Stowe, Laurie A.; Paans, Anne M. J.; Wijers, Albertus A.; Zwarts, Frans – Brain and Language, 2004
In this paper we report the results of an experiment in which subjects read syntactically unambiguous and ambiguous sentences which were disambiguated after several words to the less likely possibility. Understanding such sentences involves building an initial structure, inhibiting the non-preferred structure, detecting that later input is…
Descriptors: Syntax, Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Bhatnagar, Subhash C.; Mandybur, George T. – Brain and Language, 2005
Fifteen neurosurgical subjects, who were undergoing thalamic chronic electrode implants as a treatment for dyskinesia and chronic pain, were evaluated on a series of neurolinguistic functions to determine if the stimulation of the centromedianum nucleus of the thalamus affected language and cognitive processing. Analysis of the data revealed that…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Neurological Impairments, Chronic Illness, Pain
Blumenfeld, Henrike K.; Booth, James R.; Burman, Douglas D. – Brain and Language, 2006
This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain-behavior correlations in a group of 16 children (9- to 12-year-olds). Activation was measured during a semantic judgment task presented in either the visual or auditory modality that required the individual to determine whether a final word was related in meaning to one…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Visual Discrimination, Auditory Discrimination, Neurolinguistics