Neural architecture of human language: Hierarchical structure building is independent from working memory
T Iwabuchi, Y Nakajima, M Makuuchi - Neuropsychologia, 2019 - Elsevier
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we show that the neural substrate of
language does not overlap with that for verbal working memory when we carefully define
verbal working memory in sentence processing. Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) sentences in
Japanese were contrasted with canonical Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) sentences, which had
less hierarchy in linguistic structure. This contrast revealed the posterior part of Broca's area
and the left posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG) as the neural bases for hierarchical …
language does not overlap with that for verbal working memory when we carefully define
verbal working memory in sentence processing. Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) sentences in
Japanese were contrasted with canonical Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) sentences, which had
less hierarchy in linguistic structure. This contrast revealed the posterior part of Broca's area
and the left posterior middle temporal gyrus (pMTG) as the neural bases for hierarchical …
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T Iwabuchi, Y Nakajima, M Makuuchi - 2019 - academia.edu
A critical feature of human language is hierarchical structures that are built online from
sequentially received words. Some type of memory operation seems to be involved in
language processing, which requires temporal storage of incoming words and hierarchical
structure building to comprehend the meaning of a sentence. The capacity theory posits that
a common resource is allocated for processing and storage in sentence processing (Just &
Carpenter, 1992). However, other researchers have proposed an alternative hypothesis that …
sequentially received words. Some type of memory operation seems to be involved in
language processing, which requires temporal storage of incoming words and hierarchical
structure building to comprehend the meaning of a sentence. The capacity theory posits that
a common resource is allocated for processing and storage in sentence processing (Just &
Carpenter, 1992). However, other researchers have proposed an alternative hypothesis that …