A Common Neural Substrate for Language Production and Verbal Working Memory

Autor/inn/en	Acheson, Daniel J.; Hamidi, Massihullah; Binder, Jeffrey R.; Postle, Bradley R.
Titel	A Common Neural Substrate for Language Production and Verbal Working Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 (2011) 6, S.1358-1367 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0898-929X
DOI	10.1162/jocn.2010.21519
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Speech; Maintenance; Semantics; Serial Ordering; Short Term Memory; Verbal Communication; Phonology; Language Processing; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Diagnostic Tests; Error Patterns; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Speaking; Sprechen; Semantik; Ordnen; Ordnungsstruktur; Ordnungssystem; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Fonologie; Sprachverarbeitung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Fehlertyp; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Verbal working memory (VWM), the ability to maintain and manipulate representations of speech sounds over short periods, is held by some influential models to be independent from the systems responsible for language production and comprehension [e.g., Baddeley, A. D. "Working memory, thought, and action." New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007]. We explore the alternative hypothesis that maintenance in VWM is subserved by temporary activation of the language production system [Acheson, D. J., & MacDonald, M. C. "Verbal working memory and language production: Common approaches to the serial ordering of verbal information." "Psychological Bulletin, 135", 50-68, 2009b]. Specifically, we hypothesized that for stimuli lacking a semantic representation (e.g., nonwords such as "mun"), maintenance in VWM can be achieved by cycling information back and forth between the stages of phonological encoding and articulatory planning. First, fMRI was used to identify regions associated with two different stages of language production planning: the posterior superior temporal gyrus (pSTG) for phonological encoding (critical for VWM of nonwords) and the middle temporal gyrus (MTG) for lexical-semantic retrieval (not critical for VWM of nonwords). Next, in the same subjects, these regions were targeted with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) during language production and VWM task performance. Results showed that rTMS to the pSTG, but not the MTG, increased error rates on paced reading (a language production task) and on delayed serial recall of nonwords (a test of VWM). Performance on a lexical-semantic retrieval task (picture naming), in contrast, was significantly sensitive to rTMS of the MTG. Because rTMS was guided by language production-related activity, these results provide the first causal evidence that maintenance in VWM directly depends on the long-term representations and processes used in speech production. (As Provided).
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