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Effects of generation mode in fMRI adaptations of semantic fluency: paced production and overt speech

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Basho, Surina, Palmer, Erica D., Rubio, Miguel A., Wulfeck, Beverly, Müller, Ralph-Axel·2007·Neuropsychologia

Abstract

Verbal fluency is a widely used neuropsychological paradigm. In fMRI implementations, conventional unpaced (self-paced) versions are suboptimal due to uncontrolled timing of responses, and overt responses carry the risk of motion artifact. We investigated the behavioral and neurofunctional effects of response pacing and overt speech in semantic category-driven word generation. Twelve right-handed adults (8 females), ages 21-37 were scanned in four conditions each: paced-overt, paced-covert, unpaced-overt, and unpaced-covert. There was no significant difference in the number of exemplars generated between overt versions of the paced and unpaced conditions. Imaging results for category-driven word generation overall showed left-hemispheric activation in inferior frontal cortex, premotor cortex, cingulate gyrus, thalamus, and basal ganglia. Direct comparison of generation modes revealed significantly greater activation for the paced compared to unpaced conditions in right superior temporal, bilateral middle frontal, and bilateral anterior cingulate cortex, including regions associated with sustained attention, motor planning, and response inhibition. Covert (compared to overt) conditions showed significantly greater effects in right parietal and anterior cingulate, as well as left middle temporal and superior frontal regions. We conclude that paced overt paradigms are useful adaptations of conventional semantic fluency in fMRI, given their superiority with regard to control over and monitoring of behavioral responses. However, response pacing is associated with additional non-linguistic effects related to response inhibition, motor preparation, and sustained attention.

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Authors
Basho, S., Palmer, E. D., Rubio, M. A., Wulfeck, B., & Müller, R.-A.
Affiliations
  • Tufts University (US)
  • San Diego State University (US)
Corresponding author
Müller, Ralph-Axel
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007
Volume
45
Issue
8
Pages
1697-1706
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1980951846
Cited by
127
References
72
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FWCI
5.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS043999, R01-NS43999)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
Keywords
semantic fluency, verbal fluency, overt speech, covert speech, word production, response inhibition, sustained attention, motor preparation, anterior cingulate cortex, inferior frontal cortex, motion artifacts
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Semantics, Speech, Speech Perception, Time Factors, Verbal Behavior

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