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Right-hemispheric cortical contributions to language ability in healthy adults

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Title
Right-hemispheric cortical contributions to language ability in healthy adults
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Brain & Language, November 2011
DOI 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.10.002
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Helene Van Ettinger-Veenstra, Mattias Ragnehed, Anita McAllister, Peter Lundberg, Maria Engström

Abstract

In this study we investigated the correlation between individual linguistic ability based on performance levels and their engagement of typical and atypical language areas in the brain. Eighteen healthy subjects between 21 and 64 years participated in language ability tests, and subsequent functional MRI scans measuring brain activity in response to a sentence completion and a word fluency task. Performance in both reading and high-level language tests correlated positively with increased right-hemispheric activation in the inferior frontal gyrus (specifically Brodmann area 47), the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and the medial temporal gyrus (Brodmann area 21). In contrast, we found a negative correlation between performance and left-hemispheric DLPFC activation. Our findings indicate that the right lateral frontal and right temporal regions positively modulate aspects of language ability.

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Country Count As %
United States 5 6%
Netherlands 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Unknown 72 90%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 26%
Researcher 15 19%
Student > Master 8 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 6%
Professor 3 4%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 16 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 25 31%
Neuroscience 12 15%
Linguistics 4 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 28 35%
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