Your verbal questions beginning with 'what' will rapidly deactivate the left prefrontal cortex of listeners

Abstract The left prefrontal cortex is essential for verbal communication. It remains uncertain at what timing, to what extent, and what type of phrase initiates left-hemispheric dominant prefrontal activation during comprehension of spoken sentences. We clarified this issue by measuring event-relat...

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Main Authors: Hirotaka Iwaki, Masaki Sonoda, Shin-ichiro Osawa, Brian H. Silverstein, Takumi Mitsuhashi, Kazushi Ukishiro, Yutaro Takayama, Toshimune Kambara, Kazuo Kakinuma, Kyoko Suzuki, Teiji Tominaga, Nobukazu Nakasato, Masaki Iwasaki, Eishi Asano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84610-1