Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Left hemisphere activation during processing of morphologically complex word forms in adults.

M Laine1, J O Rinne, B J Krause

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Turku, Finland. matti.laine@utu.fi

Neuroscience Letters
|September 7, 1999
PubMed
Summary

This study investigated how the brain processes complex words using brain imaging. Findings show Broca's area is crucial for understanding words with grammatical endings, not just producing them.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Alpha and beta desynchronization during consolidation of newly learned words.

NeuroImage·2025
Same author

Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease: A study with [<sup>11</sup>C]PBR28 PET and cerebrospinal fluid markers.

Parkinsonism & related disorders·2024
Same author

Time-varying trends from Arctic ozonesonde time series in the years 1994-2022.

Scientific reports·2024
Same author

[Nuclear medicine procedure guideline for sentinel lymph node localization].

Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine·2024
Same author

Spatiotemporal analysis of lake chlorophyll-a with combined in situ and satellite data.

Environmental monitoring and assessment·2023
Same author

Unconventional isoquinoline-based SERMs elicit fulvestrant-like transcriptional programs in ER+ breast cancer cells.

NPJ breast cancer·2022

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • The processing of morphologically complex words is fundamental to language comprehension.
  • Previous research has primarily focused on the role of Broca's area in the production of grammatical morphology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the functional neuroanatomy underlying the processing of morphologically complex words.
  • To determine if Broca's area is involved in the input processing of inflected words.

Main Methods:

  • Positron emission tomography (PET) was used to measure regional brain activity.
  • Participants encoded auditorily presented Finnish nouns, comparing inflected (morphologically complex) versus monomorphemic (simple) words.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Significant increases in brain activation were observed in the left inferior posterior frontal lobe.
  • This region corresponds to the anatomical location of Broca's area.

Conclusions:

  • Broca's area and adjacent regions play a significant role in the input processing of morphologically complex words.
  • These findings extend the known functions of Broca's area beyond morphology production to include comprehension of complex word forms.