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Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels

Classical models of language localize speech perception in the left superior temporal and production in the inferior frontal cortex. Nonetheless, neuropsychological, structural and functional studies have questioned such subdivision, suggesting an interwoven organization of the speech function withi...

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Autores principales: Rampinini, Alessandra Cecilia, Handjaras, Giacomo, Leo, Andrea, Cecchetti, Luca, Ricciardi, Emiliano, Marotta, Giovanna, Pietrini, Pietro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29208951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17314-0
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author Rampinini, Alessandra Cecilia
Handjaras, Giacomo
Leo, Andrea
Cecchetti, Luca
Ricciardi, Emiliano
Marotta, Giovanna
Pietrini, Pietro
author_facet Rampinini, Alessandra Cecilia
Handjaras, Giacomo
Leo, Andrea
Cecchetti, Luca
Ricciardi, Emiliano
Marotta, Giovanna
Pietrini, Pietro
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description Classical models of language localize speech perception in the left superior temporal and production in the inferior frontal cortex. Nonetheless, neuropsychological, structural and functional studies have questioned such subdivision, suggesting an interwoven organization of the speech function within these cortices. We tested whether sub-regions within frontal and temporal speech-related areas retain specific phonological representations during both perception and production. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging and multivoxel pattern analysis, we showed functional and spatial segregation across the left fronto-temporal cortex during listening, imagery and production of vowels. In accordance with classical models of language and evidence from functional studies, the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices discriminated among perceived and produced vowels respectively, also engaging in the non-classical, alternative function – i.e. perception in the inferior frontal and production in the superior temporal cortex. Crucially, though, contiguous and non-overlapping sub-regions within these hubs performed either the classical or non-classical function, the latter also representing non-linguistic sounds (i.e., pure tones). Extending previous results and in line with integration theories, our findings not only demonstrate that sensitivity to speech listening exists in production-related regions and vice versa, but they also suggest that the nature of such interwoven organisation is built upon low-level perception.
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spelling pubmed-57172472017-12-08 Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels Rampinini, Alessandra Cecilia Handjaras, Giacomo Leo, Andrea Cecchetti, Luca Ricciardi, Emiliano Marotta, Giovanna Pietrini, Pietro Sci Rep Article Classical models of language localize speech perception in the left superior temporal and production in the inferior frontal cortex. Nonetheless, neuropsychological, structural and functional studies have questioned such subdivision, suggesting an interwoven organization of the speech function within these cortices. We tested whether sub-regions within frontal and temporal speech-related areas retain specific phonological representations during both perception and production. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging and multivoxel pattern analysis, we showed functional and spatial segregation across the left fronto-temporal cortex during listening, imagery and production of vowels. In accordance with classical models of language and evidence from functional studies, the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices discriminated among perceived and produced vowels respectively, also engaging in the non-classical, alternative function – i.e. perception in the inferior frontal and production in the superior temporal cortex. Crucially, though, contiguous and non-overlapping sub-regions within these hubs performed either the classical or non-classical function, the latter also representing non-linguistic sounds (i.e., pure tones). Extending previous results and in line with integration theories, our findings not only demonstrate that sensitivity to speech listening exists in production-related regions and vice versa, but they also suggest that the nature of such interwoven organisation is built upon low-level perception. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5717247/ /pubmed/29208951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17314-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title_full Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title_fullStr Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title_full_unstemmed Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title_short Functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
title_sort functional and spatial segregation within the inferior frontal and superior temporal cortices during listening, articulation imagery, and production of vowels
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29208951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17314-0
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