New Method for fMRI Investigations of Language: Defining ROIs Functionally in Individual Subjects

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 104; no. 2; pp. 1177 - 1194
• Main Authors: Fedorenko, Evelina, Hsieh, Po-Jang, Nieto-Castañón, Alfonso, Whitfield-Gabrieli, Susan, Kanwisher, Nancy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.08.2010
• Subjects: Brain - blood supply; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Functional Laterality; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Innovative Methodology; Language; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Neuropsychological Tests; Oxygen - blood; Photic Stimulation; Reaction Time - physiology; Reading; Reproducibility of Results; Time Factors

Previous neuroimaging research has identified a number of brain regions sensitive to different aspects of linguistic processing, but precise functional characterization of these regions has proven challenging. We hypothesize that clearer functional specificity may emerge if candidate language-sensit...