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The separation of processing stages in a lexical interference fMRI-paradigm

Abel, Stefanie, Dressel, Katharina, Bitzer, Ruth, Kümmerer, Dorothee, Mader, Irina, Weiller, Cornelius, Huber, Walter·2009·NeuroImage

Abstract

In picture-word interference paradigms, the picture naming process is influenced by an additional presentation of linguistic distractors. Naming response times (RTs) are speeded (facilitation) by associatively-related and phonologically-related words when compared to unrelated words, while they are slowed down by categorically-related words (inhibition), given that distractor onsets occur at appropriate stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). In the present study with healthy subjects, we for the first time integrated all four auditorily presented distractor types into a single paradigm at an SOA of -200 ms, in order to directly compare behavioral and neural interference effects between them. The behavioral study corroborated results of previous studies and revealed that associatively-related distractors speeded RTs even more than phonologically-related distractors, thereby becoming equally fast as naming without distractors. Distractors were assumed to specifically enhance activation of brain areas corresponding to processing stages as determined in a cognitive model of word production (Indefrey, P., Levelt, W.J.M., 2004. The spatial and temporal signatures of word production components. Cognition 92, 101-144.). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 3 T revealed activation of left superior temporal gyrus exclusively for phonologically-related distractors, and activation of left or right lingual gyrus exclusively for associatively-related and categorically-related distractors, respectively. Moreover, phonologically-related distractors elicited phonological-phonetic networks, and both semantic distractors evoked areas associated with mental imagery, semantics, and episodic memory retrieval and associations. While processes involved in distractor inhibition (e.g., conflict/competition monitoring) and high articulatory demands were observed for categorically-related distractors, priming of articulatory planning was revealed for associatively-related distractors. We conclude that activations of neural networks as obtained by the fMRI interference paradigm can be predicted from a cognitive model.

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  • In left posterior planum temporale/temporoparietal area, activation increases when speech production is more error prone due to interference or speaking in a second language.

    “First, in the left posterior planum temporale/temporoparietal area that previous studies had associated with the silent imagination of heard speech, activation was found to increase when speech production was more error prone due to interference or speaking in a second language (Hocking et al., 2009; Abel et al., 2009; Simmonds et al., 2011; Parker Jones et al., 2012).”

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Authors
Abel, S., Dressel, K., Bitzer, R., Kümmerer, D., Mader, I., Weiller, C., & Huber, W.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
Corresponding author
Abel, Stefanie
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-02
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
1113-1124
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1970801285
Cited by
90
References
49
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3.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
Keywords
picture-word interference, lexical decision, word production, phonological interference, semantic interference, associative interference, distractor inhibition, superior temporal gyrus, lingual gyrus, mental imagery, episodic memory retrieval, articulatory planning, conflict monitoring, auditory distractors
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Female, Humans, Language Development, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Young Adult

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