title: The neural substrate of analogical reasoning: an fMRI study.
abstract: This study investigated the anatomical substrate of analogical reasoning using functional magnetic resonance imaging. In the study, subjects performed a verbal analogy task (e.g., soldier is to army as drummer is to band) and, to control for activation caused by purely semantic access, a semantic judgment task. Significant activation differences between the verbal analogy and the semantic judgment task were found bilaterally in the prefrontal cortex (right BA 11/BA 47 and left BA45), the fusiform gyrus, and the basal ganglia; left lateralized in the postero-superior temporal gyrus (BA 22) and the (para) hippocampal region; and right lateralized in the anterior cingulate. The role of these areas in analogical reasoning is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Brain and Cognition, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Conrad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Danling
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guosheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Shiyong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D011932:Reading