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Functional architecture of verbal and tonal working memory: an FMRI study

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Koelsch, Stefan, Schulze, Katrin, Sammler, Daniela, Fritz, Thomas, Müller, Karsten, Gruber, Oliver·2009·Human Brain Mapping

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This study investigates the functional architecture of working memory (WM) for verbal and tonal information during rehearsal and articulatory suppression. Participants were presented with strings of four sung syllables with the task to remember either the pitches (tonal information) or the syllables (verbal information). Rehearsal of verbal, as well as of tonal information activated a network comprising ventrolateral premotor cortex (encroaching Broca's area), dorsal premotor cortex, the planum temporale, inferior parietal lobe, the anterior insula, subcortical structures (basal ganglia and thalamus), as well as the cerebellum. The topography of activations was virtually identical for the rehearsal of syllables and pitches, showing a remarkable overlap of the WM components for the rehearsal of verbal and tonal information. When the WM task was performed under articulatory suppression, activations in those areas decreased, while additional activations arose in anterior prefrontal areas. These prefrontal areas might contain additional storage components of verbal and tonal WM that are activated when auditory information cannot be rehearsed. As in the rehearsal conditions, the topography of activations under articulatory suppression was nearly identical for the verbal as compared to the tonal task. Results indicate that both the rehearsal of verbal and tonal information, as well as storage of verbal and tonal information relies on strongly overlapping neuronal networks. These networks appear to partly consist of sensorimotor-related circuits which provide resources for the representation and maintenance of information, and which are remarkably similar for the production of speech and song.

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  • The anterior insula, subcortical structures, cerebellum, planum temporale, and inferior parietal lobe are more involved in articulatory activity.

    “suggests that these areas are more involved in articulatory activity.”
  • Activation in the anterior insula, subcortical structures (basal ganglia and thalamus), cerebellum, planum temporale, and inferior parietal lobe is reduced during silent short-term maintenance of auditory stimuli when articulation is suppressed.

    “Finally, evidence that activation in the anterior insula, subcortical structures (basal ganglia and thalamus), cerebellum, planum temporale and inferior parietal lobe was reduced during the silent short-term maintenance of auditory stimuli when articulation is suppressed (Koelsch et al., 2009), suggests that these areas are more involved in articulatory activity.”
  • Activation in temporo-parietal regions might be related to sensorimotor circuits that maintain sound representations for the production of speech and song.

    “This suggests that activation in these temporo-parietal regions might be related to the sensorimotor circuits that maintain sound representations for the production of speech and song (Koelsch et al., 2009).”

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  1. Baddeley AD, Hitch GJ (1974):Working memory. In: Bower GA, editor. Recent Advances in Learning and Motivation, Vol. VIII. New York: Academic Press. pp 47-89.
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Authors
Koelsch, S., Schulze, K., Sammler, D., Fritz, T., Müller, K., & Gruber, O.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
Venue
Human Brain Mapping
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-03-10
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
859-873
ISSN
  • 1065-9471 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0193
OpenAlex
W2131097253
Cited by
320
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Human Brain Mapping (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • GRO (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
Keywords
verbal working memory, pitch memory, rehearsal, articulatory suppression, functional architecture, premotor cortex, planum temporale, inferior parietal lobule, anterior insula, basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum, prefrontal cortex, sensorimotor network, speech production, song production, auditory memory
MeSH terms
Adult, Auditory Perception, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Speech

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