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Premotor cortex mediates perceptual performance

Callan, Daniel, Callan, Akiko, Gamez, Mario, Sato, Masa-aki, Kawato, Mitsuo·2010·NeuroImage

Abstract

Articulatory goals have long been proposed to mediate perception. Examples include direct realist and constructivist (analysis by synthesis) theories of speech perception. Although the activity in brain regions involved with action production has been shown to be present during action observation (Mirror Neuron System), the relationship of this activity to perceptual performance has not been clearly demonstrated at the event level. To this end we used functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI and magnetoencephalography MEG to measure brain activity for correct and incorrect trials of an auditory phonetic identification in noise task. FMRI analysis revealed activity in the premotor cortex including the neighboring frontal opercular part of Broca's area (PMC/Broca's) for both perception and production tasks involving the same phonetic stimuli (potential mirror system site) that was significantly greater for correct over incorrect perceptual identification trials. Time-frequency analysis of single trials conducted over MEG current localized to PMC/Broca's using a hierarchical variational Bayesian source analysis technique revealed significantly greater event-related synchronization ERS and desynchronization ERD for correct over incorrect trials in the alpha, beta, and gamma frequency range prior to and after stimulus presentation. Together, these fMRI and MEG results are consistent with the hypothesis that articulatory processes serve to facilitate perceptual performance, while further dispelling concerns that activity found in ventral PMC/Broca's (mirror system) is merely a product of covert production of the perceived action. The finding of performance predictive activity prior to stimulus onset as well as activity related to task difficulty instead of information available in stimulation are consistent with constructivist and contrary to direct realist theories of perception.

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Authors
Callan, D., Callan, A., Gamez, M., Sato, M.-A., & Kawato, M.
Affiliations
  • Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (JP)
  • National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (JP)
Corresponding author
Callan, Daniel
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-06
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
844-858
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2070491311
Cited by
104
References
95
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FWCI
12.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  • KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C) (21500321)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
premotor cortex, Broca's area, speech perception, mirror neuron system, event-related synchronization, event-related desynchronization, naive realism, task difficulty, phonetic identification
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Auditory Perception, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetocardiography, Young Adult

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