Convergence of spoken and written language processing in the superior temporal sulcus

Wilson, Stephen M.; Bautista, Alexa; McCarron, Angelica

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.068

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“…Peak regions of activation also were found in the MTG, extending to temporooccipital cortex. Like the STG, this region has been implicated in lexical processing (Hickok & Poeppel, , , ; Hagoort, ; see Lau, Phillips, & Poeppel, for review) and has been shown in previous neuroimaging studies to be responsive to both visual and auditory sentence structural manipulations (Wilson, Bautista, & McCarron, ). A recent study using electrocorticography (ECoG) (Nelson et al, ) also suggests that the posterior MTG is associated with predictive (top‐down) processing, which is engaged for sentence comprehension in healthy listeners (Lau, Stroud, Plesch, & Phillips, ; Mack, Ji, & Thompson, ; and others).…”

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Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

Walenski

Europa

Caplan

et al. 2019

Human Brain Mapping

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Comprehending and producing sentences is a complex endeavor requiring the coordinated activity of multiple brain regions. We examined three issues related to the brain networks underlying sentence comprehension and production in healthy individuals: First, which regions are recruited for sentence comprehension and sentence production? Second, are there differences for auditory sentence comprehension vs. visual sentence comprehension? Third, which regions are specifically recruited for the comprehension of syntactically complex sentences? Results from activation likelihood estimation (ALE) analyses (from 45 studies) implicated a sentence comprehension network occupying bilateral frontal and temporal lobe regions. Regions implicated in production (from 15 studies) overlapped with the set of regions associated with sentence comprehension in the left hemisphere, but did not include inferior frontal cortex, and did not extend to the right hemisphere. Modality differences between auditory and visual sentence comprehension were found principally in the temporal lobes. Results from the analysis of complex syntax (from 37 studies) showed engagement of left inferior frontal and posterior temporal regions, as well as the right insula. The involvement of the right hemisphere in the comprehension of these structures has potentially important implications for language treatment and recovery in individuals with agrammatic aphasia following left hemisphere brain damage.

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Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

Walenski

Europa

Caplan

et al. 2019

Human Brain Mapping

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“…Networks for speech perception strongly implicate mid-to-posterior superior temporal gyrus (STG) regions extending roughly from the lateral aspect of the gyrus into the dorsal bank of the superior temporal sulcus (STS) (Hickok & Poeppel, 2007). (See Wilson et al, 2018a for evidence that the dorsal and ventral banks of the posterior STS are functionally distinguishable).…”

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The Cortical Organization of Syntax

2019

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Syntax, the structure of sentences, enables humans to express an infinite range of meanings through finite means. The neurobiology of syntax has been intensely studied but with little consensus. Two main candidate regions have been identified: the posterior inferior frontal gyrus (pIFG) and the posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG). Integrating research in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience, we propose a neuroanatomical framework for syntax that attributes distinct syntactic computations to these regions in a unified model. The key theoretical advances are adopting a modern lexicalized view of syntax in which the lexicon and syntactic rules are intertwined, and recognizing a computational asymmetry in the role of syntax during comprehension and production. Our model postulates a hierarchical lexical-syntactic function to the pMTG, which interconnects previously identified speech perception and conceptual-semantic systems in the temporal and inferior parietal lobes, crucial for both sentence production and comprehension. These relational hierarchies are transformed via the pIFG into morpho-syntactic sequences, primarily tied to production. We show how this architecture provides a better account of the full range of data and is consistent with recent proposals regarding the organization of phonological processes in the brain.

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“…Future research using a similar experimental design should explore other modalities of presentation, such as auditory speech and sign language. Previous studies using these disparate modalities have illustrated similar effects with tight overlap in the pSTS/MTG and Broca's area (MacSweeney 2002;MacSweeney et al 2006;Spitsyna et al 2006;Jobard et al 2007;Lindenberg and Scheef 2007;Pa et al 2008;Berl et al 2010;Leonard et al 2012;Vagharchakian et al 2012;Regev et al 2013;Wilson et al 2018). Therefore we would expect the same production-perception asymmetry across modalities in these regions.…”

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Syntax-sensitive regions of Broca’s area and the posterior temporal lobe are differentially recruited by production and perception

Matchin

Wood

2020

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Neuroimaging studies of syntactic processing typically result in similar activation profiles in Broca's area and the posterior temporal lobe (PTL). However, substantial functional dissociations between these regions have been demonstrated with respect to lesion-symptom mapping in aphasia. To account for this, Matchin & Hickok (2020) proposed that both regions play a role in syntactic processing, broadly construed, but attribute distinct functions to these regions with respect to production and comprehension. Here we report an fMRI study designed to test this hypothesis by contrasting the subvocal articulation and comprehension of structured jabberwocky phrases (syntactic), sequences of real words (lexical), and sequences of pseudowords (phonological). We defined two sets of language-selective regions of interest (ROIs) in individual subjects for Broca's area and the PTL using the contrasts [syntactic > lexical] and [syntactic > phonological]. We found robust significant interactions of comprehension and production between these two regions at the syntactic level, for both sets of language-selective ROIs. This suggests a core difference in the function of these regions:language-selective subregions of Broca's area play a role in syntax driven by the demands of production, whereas language-selective subregions of the PTL play a role in syntax driven by the demands of comprehension.

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Convergence of spoken and written language processing in the superior temporal sulcus

Cited by 87 publications

References 115 publications

Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

Neural networks for sentence comprehension and production: An ALE‐based meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

The Cortical Organization of Syntax

Syntax-sensitive regions of Broca’s area and the posterior temporal lobe are differentially recruited by production and perception

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