Temporal lobe signs and enhanced pleasantness scores for words generated during spontaneous narratives.
Temporal lobe function has been strongly implicated in the processes of semantic selection. Within this context, enhanced activity of deep mesiobasal structures is expected to influence the affective dimensions of language use. Quantitative measures of the evaluative (pleasantness) dimension but not the activity (arousal) dimension of words generated during narratives of subjective experiences within an exotic setting were significantly correlated with the numbers of temporal lobe signs.
Ruttan
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LA
Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Persinger
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MA
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012660:Semantics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*