title: A new fun and robust version of an fMRI localizer for the frontotemporal language system.
abstract: A set of brain regions in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes supports high-level linguistic processing. These regions can be reliably identified in individual subjects using fMRI, by contrasting neural responses to meaningful and structured language stimuli vs. stimuli matched for low-level properties but lacking meaning and/or structure. We here present a novel version of a language 'localizer,' which should be suitable for diverse populations including children and/or clinical populations who may have difficulty with reading or cognitively demanding tasks. In particular, we contrast responses to auditorily presented excerpts from engaging interviews or stories, and acoustically degraded versions of these materials. This language localizer is appealing because it uses (a) naturalistic and engaging linguistic materials, (b) auditory presentation,
authors.affiliation: a Boston University , Graduate Program for Neuroscience , Boston , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: b Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences , Wellesley College , Wellesley , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallée
authors.affiliation: c Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging , Charlestown , MA , USA.|d Massachusetts Institute of Technology , McGovern Institute for Brain Research , Cambridge , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Evelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fedorenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Language; brain imaging methods; fMRI; functional localizers; individual subject analyses