Shedding light on words and sentences near-infrared spectroscopy in language research
- Investigating the neuronal network underlying language processing may contribute to a better understanding of how the brain masters this complex cognitive function with surprising ease and how language is acquired at a fast pace in infancy. Modern neuroimaging methods permit to visualize the evolvement and the function of the language network. The present paper focuses on a specific methodology, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), providing an overview over studies on auditory language processing and acquisition. The methodology detects oxygenation changes elicited by functional activation of the cerebral cortex. The main advantages for research on auditory language processing and its development during infancy are an undemanding application, the lack of instrumental noise, and its potential to simultaneously register electrophysiological responses. Also it constitutes an innovative approach for studying developmental issues in infants and children. The review will focus on studies on word and sentence processing includingInvestigating the neuronal network underlying language processing may contribute to a better understanding of how the brain masters this complex cognitive function with surprising ease and how language is acquired at a fast pace in infancy. Modern neuroimaging methods permit to visualize the evolvement and the function of the language network. The present paper focuses on a specific methodology, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), providing an overview over studies on auditory language processing and acquisition. The methodology detects oxygenation changes elicited by functional activation of the cerebral cortex. The main advantages for research on auditory language processing and its development during infancy are an undemanding application, the lack of instrumental noise, and its potential to simultaneously register electrophysiological responses. Also it constitutes an innovative approach for studying developmental issues in infants and children. The review will focus on studies on word and sentence processing including research in infants and adults.…
| Author details: | Sonja Rossi, Silke Telkemeyer, Isabell WartenburgerORCiDGND, Hellmuth Obrig |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2011.03.008 |
| ISSN: | 0093-934X |
| Title of parent work (English): | Brain & language : a journal of the neurobiology of language |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Place of publishing: | San Diego |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2012 |
| Publication year: | 2012 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
| Tag: | Electroencephalography (EEG); Language; Language acquisition; Lateralization; Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Optical imaging (OI); Sentence processing; Word processing |
| Volume: | 121 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Number of pages: | 12 |
| First page: | 152 |
| Last Page: | 163 |
| Funding institution: | EU [NEST 012778, EFRE 20002006 2/6, nEUROpt 201076]; BMBF (BNIC) [01GZ0710]; BMBF (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience) [01GZ0710]; BMBF (German-Polish cooperation FK) [01GZ0710]; Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Claussen-Simon-Stiftung) |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
