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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Morphological processing, recognizing word structures, is linked to ventral white matter pathways.
  • Previous research focused on reading, leaving oral processing unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate if ventral pathways support morphological processing in oral word production.
  • Examine associations beyond the reading modality.

Main Methods:

  • Used diffusion MRI (dMRI) and probabilistic tractography on 45 participants.
  • Assessed correlations between white matter microstructure and a Hebrew morpheme-based fluency task.
  • Incorporated the CHARMED framework for biological factor elucidation.

Main Results:

  • Found significant correlations between morpheme-based fluency and bilateral ventral tracts.
  • Identified associations in the frontal aslant tract (FAT), linked to oral fluency.
  • Some findings were explained by fiber density variations; other correlations emerged with advanced methods.

Conclusions:

  • Ventral tracts are involved in morphological processing during oral production, not just reading.
  • Findings highlight the impact of task modality on neurocognitive associations.
  • Sensitive structural measurements enhance neurocognitive investigations.