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  • Neuroimaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics

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  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is crucial for understanding brain activity during language tasks.
  • Developing accurate and efficient fMRI paradigms for specific languages, like Mandarin Chinese, is essential for cross-linguistic research and clinical applications.
  • Previous research has identified general language areas, but specific functional localization for Mandarin Chinese requires tailored experimental designs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate convenient, fast, and accurate Mandarin Chinese task paradigms for fMRI studies.
  • To precisely map the functional areas in the frontal and temporal lobes associated with processing Mandarin Chinese.
  • To assess the reliability and consistency of these paradigms across different language tasks and individual subjects.

Main Methods:

  • Nineteen healthy Chinese native speakers participated in the study.
  • A block design fMRI was employed, using four distinct Mandarin Chinese language tasks: auditory naming (AN), picture naming (PN), verbal fluency-character (VFC), and verbal fluency-letter (VFL).
  • Functional images underwent preprocessing using SPM 8, followed by first- and second-level analyses, including lateralization index calculation.

Main Results:

  • Group analyses revealed maximal activation for auditory naming and picture naming in the right superior temporal gyrus.
  • Verbal fluency-character tasks primarily activated the left middle and superior frontal gyri, while verbal fluency-letter tasks showed maximal response in the left superior temporal gyrus.
  • Consistent activation patterns across subjects were observed for AN and PN in specific regions, with frontal lobe language functions showing left hemisphere dominance, while temporal lobe dominance varied by task.

Conclusions:

  • The developed Mandarin Chinese stimulus paradigms effectively activated known language areas in the brain.
  • These paradigms successfully localized functional brain regions involved in distinct Mandarin Chinese language tasks.
  • The validated fMRI paradigms are suitable for piloting in future clinical studies involving Mandarin Chinese speakers.