The neural network for tool-related cognition: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of 70 neuroimaging contrasts

Ishibashi, Ryo; Pobric, Gorana; Saito, Satoru; Ralph, Matthew A. Lambon

doi:10.1080/02643294.2016.1188798

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“…On classic two-route accounts of visual processing, reach and grasp actions mediated by the bilateral dorsal visual stream operate on currently-viewed structural characteristics of objects, and are largely inaccessible to consciousness (Goodale and Milner, 1992, 2013; Milner and Goodale, 1995; Jeannerod et al, 1995b). More recent evidence indicates, however, that skilled use actions are mediated by relatively more ventral regions (the “ventro-dorsal stream”), are strongly left-lateralized, and are consciously accessible (e.g., Ishibashi et al, 2016; M. Martin et al, 2016; Tobia and Madan, 2017; see Binkofski and Buxbaum, 2013; for discussion).…”

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Sensory and semantic activations evoked by action attributes of manipulable objects: Evidence from ERPs

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“Two route” theories of object-related action processing posit different temporal activation profiles of grasp-to-move actions (rapidly evoked based on object structure) versus skilled use actions (more slowly activated based on semantic knowledge). We capitalized on the exquisite temporal resolution and multidimensionality of Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) to directly test this hypothesis. Participants viewed manipulable objects (e.g., calculator) preceded by objects sharing either “grasp”, “use”, or no action attributes (e.g., bar of soap, keyboard, earring, respectively), as well as by action-unrelated but taxonomically-related objects (e.g., abacus); participants judged whether the two objects were related. The results showed more positive responses to “grasp-to-move” primed objects than “skilled use” primed objects or unprimed objects starting in the P1 (0–150 ms) time window and continuing onto the subsequent N1 and P2 components (150–300 ms), suggesting that only “grasp-to-move”, but not “skilled use”, actions may facilitate visual attention to object attributes. Furthermore, reliably reduced N400s (300–500 ms), an index of semantic processing, were observed to taxonomically primed and “skilled use” primed objects relative to unprimed objects, suggesting that “skilled use” action attributes are a component of distributed, multimodal semantic representations of objects. Together, our findings provide evidence supporting two-route theories by demonstrating that “grasp-to-move” and “skilled use” actions impact different aspects of object processing and highlight the relationship of “skilled use” information to other aspects of semantic memory.

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Sensory and semantic activations evoked by action attributes of manipulable objects: Evidence from ERPs

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“…While our main analyses focus on putative spokes within visual and motor cortex, the literature on tool semantics suggests two additional sites that could also make a greater contribution to the identification of manipulable manmade objects than animals. First, left premotor cortex is associated with tool and action comprehension [22, 23, 29, 78], although this site is also likely to be influenced by the control demands of semantic tasks [79, 80]. We present results for this site in S2 Fig.…”

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“…We present results for this site in S2 Fig. Second, left inferior parietal cortex is associated with tool use and hand praxis [22, 78]. We do not present a POI analysis for this location because there was no clear response to the task within this region in the whole-brain beamforming results (see below).…”

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Oscillatory Dynamics Supporting Semantic Cognition: MEG Evidence for the Contribution of the Anterior Temporal Lobe Hub and Modality-Specific Spokes

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The “hub and spoke model” of semantic representation suggests that the multimodal features of objects are drawn together by an anterior temporal lobe (ATL) “hub”, while modality-specific “spokes” capture perceptual/action features. However, relatively little is known about how these components are recruited through time to support object identification. We used magnetoencephalography to measure neural oscillations within left ATL, lateral fusiform cortex (FC) and central sulcus (CS) during word-picture matching at different levels of specificity (employing superordinate vs. specific labels) for different categories (manmade vs. animal). This allowed us to determine (i) when each site was sensitive to semantic category and (ii) whether this was modulated by task demands. In ATL, there were two phases of response: from around 100 ms post-stimulus there were phasic bursts of low gamma activity resulting in reductions in oscillatory power, relative to a baseline period, that were modulated by both category and specificity; this was followed by more sustained power decreases across frequency bands from 250 ms onwards. In the spokes, initial power increases were not stronger for specific identification, while later power decreases were stronger for specific-level identification in FC for animals and in CS for manmade objects (from around 150 ms and 200 ms, respectively). These data are inconsistent with a temporal sequence in which early sensory-motor activity is followed by later retrieval in ATL. Instead, knowledge emerges from the rapid recruitment of both hub and spokes, with early specificity and category effects in the ATL hub. The balance between these components depends on semantic category and task, with visual cortex playing a greater role in the fine-grained identification of animals and motor cortex contributing to the identification of tools.

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“…Decoding hand-object sounds in primary somatosensory cortex In addition, much research concerning the neural processing of tools has reported strong left lateralization of the tool network in right-handed participants (as our participants were; Ishibashi, Pobric, Saito, & Lambon Ralph, 2016;Lewis, Brefczynski, Phinney, Janik, & DeYoe, 2005;Lewis, Phinney, Brefczynski-Lewis, & DeYoe, 2006) although this would suggest left-lateralization for both sounds and images/videos. However it may be the case that such left lateralization depends upon object directed action content being present (or strongly implied), as was the case in the current study.…”

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Decoding sounds depicting hand-object interactions in primary somatosensory cortex

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et al. 2019

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Neurons, even in earliest sensory regions of cortex, are subject to a great deal of contextual influences from both within and across modality connections. Recently we have shown that cross-modal connections from vision to primary somatosensory cortex (SI) transmit contentspecific information about familiar visual object categories. In the present work, we investigated whether SI would also contain content-specific information about sounds depicting familiar hand-object interactions (e.g. bouncing a ball). In a rapid event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment, participants listened attentively to multiple exemplars from three sound categories: hand-object interactions, and control categories of pure tones and animal vocalizations, while performing a one-back repetition counting task. Multi-voxel pattern analysis revealed significant decoding of different handobject sounds within bilateral post-central gyrus (PCG), whilst no significant decoding was found for either control category. Crucially, in the hand-sensitive voxels defined from an independent tactile localizer, decoding accuracies were significantly higher for decoding hand-object sounds compared to both control categories in left PCG. Our findings indicate that hearing sounds depicting familiar hand-object interactions elicit different patterns of activity in SI, despite the complete absence of tactile stimulation. Thus cross-modal connections from audition to SI transmit content-specific information about sounds depicting familiar hand-object interactions.

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The neural network for tool-related cognition: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of 70 neuroimaging contrasts

Cited by 78 publications

References 118 publications

Sensory and semantic activations evoked by action attributes of manipulable objects: Evidence from ERPs

Sensory and semantic activations evoked by action attributes of manipulable objects: Evidence from ERPs

Oscillatory Dynamics Supporting Semantic Cognition: MEG Evidence for the Contribution of the Anterior Temporal Lobe Hub and Modality-Specific Spokes

Decoding sounds depicting hand-object interactions in primary somatosensory cortex

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