Neural Correlates of Naming Actions and of Naming Spatial Relations

Damásio, Hanna; Grabowski, Thomas J.; Tranel, Daniel; Ponto, Laura L. Boles; Hichwa, Richard D.; Damásio, António R.

doi:10.1006/nimg.2001.0775

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“…According to recent findings (e.g., Bak, Yankopoulou, Nestor, et al, 2006), the semantic representations in the former category are heavily based on motor information, thus relying on completely different neural circuits including the posterior parietal (Berlingeri et al, 2008) and the primary motor cortex (Hauk, Johnsrude, & Pulvermuller, 2004). Although some data are in line with this suggestion (e.g., Kemmerer, Gonzalez Castillo, Talavage, Patterson, & Wiley, 2008), the results of two studies that investigated tool-related motor verbs in the context of the same experimental task (i.e., picture naming) are very informative in this respect; while Saccuman et al (2006) report that verbs activate the left inferior parietal lobule, the right fusiform gyrus, and the left cerebellum more than nouns, Damasio et al (2001) describe significant verb-related activations in the mid temporal gyrus bilaterally. Hence the neural circuits described in the two studies do not overlap even though the same class of verbs was investigated.…”

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A place for nouns and a place for verbs? A critical review of neurocognitive data on grammatical-class effects

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It is generally held that noun processing is specifically sub-served by temporal areas, while the neural underpinnings of verb processing are located in the frontal lobe. However, this view is now challenged by a significant body of evidence accumulated over the years. Moreover, the results obtained so far on the neural implementation of noun and verb processing appear to be quite inconsistent. The present review briefly describes and critically re-considers the anatomo-correlative, neuroimaging, MEG, TMS and cortical stimulation studies on nouns and verbs with the aim of assessing the consistency of their results, particularly within technique. The paper also addresses the question as to whether the inconsistency of the data could be due to the variety of the tasks used. However, it emerged that neither the different investigation techniques used nor the different cognitive tasks employed fully explain the variability of the data. In the final section we thus suggest that the main reason for the emergence of inconsistent data in this field is that the cerebral circuits underlying noun and verb processing are not spatially segregated, at least for the spatial resolution currently used in most neuroimaging studies.

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“…The same consideration applies to Damasio, Grabowski, Tranel, Ponto, Hichwa, and Damasio (2001). In a picture-naming PET experiment these authors compared lexical retrieval of verbs and nouns with an orientation judgement on unfamiliar faces.…”

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“…Several previous objectnaming studies were excluded from the meta-analyses. The exclusion criteria were: no non-object baseline [Chao et al, 1999[Chao et al, , 2002Chao and Martin, 2000]; results were only reported in regions of interest rather than for the whole brain [Grabowski et al, 1998;Grafton et al, 1997;Heim et al, 2002;Kan and Thompson-Schill, 2004]; the task was action rather than object naming [Damasio et al, 2001]; and the task was scene identification rather than object naming [Renvall et al, 2003]. …”

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Meta‐analyses of object naming: Effect of baseline

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Abstract:The neural systems sustaining object naming were examined using the activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis approach on the results of 16 previously published studies. The activation task in each study required subjects to name pictures of objects or animals, but the baseline tasks varied. Separate meta-analyses were carried out on studies that used: (1) high-level baselines to control for speech processing and visual input; and (2) low-level baselines that did not control for speech or complex visual processing. The results of the two meta-analyses were then compared directly, revealing a double dissociation in the activation pattern for studies using high and low baselines. To interpret the differential activations, we report two new functional imaging experiments. The aim of the first was to characterize activation differences associated with visual stimuli that are typically used in baseline conditions (complex visual features, simple structures, or fixation). The aim of the second was to classify object-naming regions in terms of whether they were engaged preferentially by semantic or phonological processes. The results reveal a remarkably precise correspondence between the areas identified by the meta-analyses as affected differentially by baseline and the areas that are affected differentially by non-object structure, semantics or phonology. As expected, high-level baselines reduced object-naming activation in areas associated with the processing of complex visual features and speech production. In addition, high-level baselines increased sensitivity to activation in areas associated with semantic processing, visual-speech integration and response selection. For example, activation in the anterior temporal areas that neuropsychological studies have associated with semantic processing was more strongly activated in the context of high-level baselines. These results therefore have implications for understanding the convergence of functional imaging and neuropsychological findings. Hum Brain Mapp 25:70 -82, 2005.

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“…Likewise, action naming activates the left frontal cortex [Damasio et al, 2001]. Conversely, left frontal cortex stimulation (using repetitive TMS) shortens response latencies when naming actions [Cappa et al, 2002].…”

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Imaging a cognitive model of apraxia: The neural substrate of gesture‐specific cognitive processes

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Garraux

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Abstract:The present study aimed to ascertain the neuroanatomical basis of an influential neuropsychological model for upper limb apraxia [Rothi LJ, et al. The Neuropsychology of Action. 1997. Hove, UK: Psychology Press]. Regional cerebral blood flow was measured in healthy volunteers using H 2 15O PET during performance of four tasks commonly used for testing upper limb apraxia, i.e., pantomime of familiar gestures on verbal command, imitation of familiar gestures, imitation of novel gestures, and an action-semantic task that consisted in matching objects for functional use. We also re-analysed data from a previous PET study in which we investigated the neural basis of the visual analysis of gestures. First, we found that two sets of discrete brain areas are predominantly engaged in the imitation of familiar and novel gestures, respectively. Segregated brain activation for novel gesture imitation concur with neuropsychological reports to support the hypothesis that knowledge about the organization of the human body mediates the transition from visual perception to motor execution when imitating novel gestures [Goldenberg Neuropsychologia 1995;33:63-72]. Second, conjunction analyses revealed distinctive neural bases for most of the gesture-specific cognitive processes proposed in this cognitive model of upper limb apraxia. However, a functional analysis of brain imaging data suggested that one single memory store may be used for "to-be-perceived" and "to-be-produced" gestural representations, departing from Rothi et al.'s proposal. Based on the above considerations, we suggest and discuss a revised model for upper limb apraxia that might best account for both brain imaging findings and neuropsychological dissociations reported in the apraxia literature.

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Neural Correlates of Naming Actions and of Naming Spatial Relations

Cited by 245 publications

References 51 publications

A place for nouns and a place for verbs? A critical review of neurocognitive data on grammatical-class effects

A place for nouns and a place for verbs? A critical review of neurocognitive data on grammatical-class effects

Meta‐analyses of object naming: Effect of baseline

Imaging a cognitive model of apraxia: The neural substrate of gesture‐specific cognitive processes

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