Neural Correlates of Processing Passive Sentences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- a.
- The boy is hugging the girl.
- b.
- Whoi is the boy hugging ti?
- c.
- The girli was hugged ti by the boy.
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Behavioral Results
2.2. fMRI Results
Contrast | Region | Peak Coordinates | k | t | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x | y | z | |||||
Passive > Active | RH IFG (pars opercularis, pars triangularis) | 56 | 24 | 28 | 497 | 6.09 | 0.005 |
LH IFG (pars opercularis, pars triangularis) | −36 | 4 | 32 | 349 | 4.52 | 0.019 | |
LH middle occipital gyrus, pMTG | −46 | −76 | 4 | 265 | 5.21 | 0.048 | |
Bilateral SMA | −2 | 22 | 54 | 217 | 4.77 | 0.084 | |
L SPL | −40 | −46 | 52 | 136 | 3.60 | 0.227 | |
L precentral gyrus | −38 | −2 | 54 | 117 | 4.2 | 0.289 | |
Active > Passive Age | None | ||||||
(Passive > Active, Active > Passive) | None |
2.3. Discussion
2.3.1. Roles of the Left and Right IFG in Passive Sentence Comprehension
2.3.2. The Role of Left Posterior Temporal Cortex in Passive Sentence Comprehension
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Participants
3.2. Materials
3.3. Procedures
3.4. Data Acquisition
3.5. Data Analysis
3.5.1. Behavioral Data
3.5.2. Neuroimaging Data
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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Mack, J.E.; Meltzer-Asscher, A.; Barbieri, E.; Thompson, C.K. Neural Correlates of Processing Passive Sentences. Brain Sci. 2013, 3, 1198-1214. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3031198
Mack JE, Meltzer-Asscher A, Barbieri E, Thompson CK. Neural Correlates of Processing Passive Sentences. Brain Sciences. 2013; 3(3):1198-1214. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3031198
Chicago/Turabian StyleMack, Jennifer E., Aya Meltzer-Asscher, Elena Barbieri, and Cynthia K. Thompson. 2013. "Neural Correlates of Processing Passive Sentences" Brain Sciences 3, no. 3: 1198-1214. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci3031198