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| Title |
Merge in the Human Brain: A Sub-Region Based Functional Investigation in the Left Pars Opercularis
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01818 |
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| Authors |
Emiliano Zaccarella, Angela D. Friederici |
| Abstract |
Language is thought to represent one of the most complex cognitive functions in humans. Here we break down complexity of language to its most basic syntactic computation which hierarchically binds single words together to form larger phrases and sentences. So far, the neural implementation of this basic operation has only been inferred indirectly from studies investigating more complex linguistic phenomena. In the present sub-region based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study we directly assessed the neuroanatomical nature of this process. Our results showed that syntactic phrases-compared to word-list sequences-corresponded to increased neural activity in the ventral-anterior portion of the left pars opercularis [Brodmann Area (BA) 44], whereas the adjacently located deep frontal operculum/anterior insula (FOP/aINS), a phylogenetically older and less specialized region, was found to be equally active for both conditions. Crucially, the functional activity of syntactic binding was confined to one out of five clusters proposed by a recent fine-grained sub-anatomical parcellation for BA 44, with consistency across individuals. Neuroanatomically, the present results call for a redefinition of BA 44 as a region with internal functional specializations. Neurocomputationally, they support the idea of invariance within BA 44 in the location of activation across participants for basic syntactic building processing. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 16% |
| Researcher | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 19% |
| Unknown | 33 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 27 | 19% |
| Linguistics | 23 | 16% |
| Psychology | 18 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 11% |
| Unknown | 47 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2017.
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#94
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