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Journal Article
Neural encoding and production of functional morphemes in the posterior temporal lobe
2018
Overview
Morphemes are the smallest meaning-carrying units in human language, and are among the most basic building blocks through which humans express specific ideas and concepts. By using time-resolved cortical stimulations, neural recordings, and focal lesion evaluations, we show that inhibition of a small cortical area within the left dominant posterior–superior temporal lobe selectively impairs the ability to produce appropriate functional morphemes but does not distinctly affect semantic and lexical retrieval, comprehension, or articulation. Additionally, neural recordings within this area reveal the localized encoding of morphological properties and their planned production prior to speech onset. Finally, small lesions localized to the gray matter in this area result in a selective functional morpheme-production deficit. Collectively, these findings reveal a detailed division of linguistic labor within the posterior–superior temporal lobe and suggest that functional morpheme processing constitutes an operationally discrete step in the series of computations essential to language production.
Functional morphemes allow us to express details about objects, events, and their relationships. Here, authors show that inhibiting a small cortical area within left posterior superior temporal lobe selectively impairs the ability to produce functional morphemes but does not impair other linguistic abilities.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
Subject
/ 9/30
/ Adult
/ Astrocytoma - diagnostic imaging
/ Astrocytoma - physiopathology
/ Brain
/ Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
/ Brain Neoplasms - physiopathology
/ Coding
/ Cortex
/ Female
/ Glioblastoma - diagnostic imaging
/ Glioblastoma - physiopathology
/ Gray Matter - anatomy & histology
/ Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Language
/ Lesions
/ Male
/ Science
/ Temporal Lobe - anatomy & histology
