Spatial and Frequency Differences of Neuromagnetic Activities
in Processing Concrete and Abstract Words |
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Authors: | Yinhong Liu Jing Xiang Yingying Wang Jennifer J Vannest Anna W Byars Douglas F Rose |
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Institution: | (1) MEG Center, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA;(2) Department of Neurology, Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health, 1 Dahua Road, Beijing, 100730, China |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the neuromagnetic spatial and frequency differences between recognizing concrete and abstract words
using a 275 channel whole head magnetoencephalography (MEG) system. The stimuli consisted of 100 concrete words and 100 abstract
words which were presented visually and auditorily simultaneously. The data of 12 right-handed healthy subjects in six different
frequency bands were analyzed with synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) which can identify the frequency-dependent volumetric
distribution of the evoked magnetic field. Concrete and abstract words evoked a very similar neuromagnetic activation pattern
in the primary visual and auditory cortices. However, concrete words evoked stronger synchronization in the right hemisphere
and abstract words evoked stronger synchronization in the left hemisphere in 1–8 Hz. In addition, concrete words evoked more
desynchronization in the left posterior temporal and parietal cortex; while abstract words evoked a clear synchronization
in the left posterior temporal cortex and desynchronization in the left inferior frontal cortex in 70–120 Hz. Furthermore,
concrete words evoked clear desynchronization in the left inferior frontal cortex while abstract words evoked strong synchronization
in the left posterior temporal cortex in 200–300 Hz. These findings suggested that concrete words and abstract words are processed
differently in the brain not only in anatomical substrates, but also in the frequency band of neural activation. |
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Keywords: | Magnetoencephalography Synthetic aperture magnetometry Concrete words Abstract words Low-frequency High-frequency |
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