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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Sports Science

Background:

  • A distributed network links language and motor functions.
  • The relationship between motor skill training and language processing remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between open motor skill training and brain activation during language processing.
  • To compare neural activity in expert table tennis players and nonexperts.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used.
  • Whole-brain activation was assessed in 30 expert table tennis players and 35 nonexpert controls.
  • Participants performed size and semantic judgment tasks on presented words.

Main Results:

  • Expert players exhibited greater activation in the left middle occipital gyrus and right precuneus during a size judgment task compared to nonexperts.
  • Increased activation in the left lingual gyrus was observed in expert players during a semantic judgment task.
  • These findings highlight differences in visual-language processing between skill experts and novices.

Conclusions:

  • Open motor skill training, exemplified by table tennis, is associated with altered activation in visual regions.
  • The study provides evidence for a link between motor expertise and the neural underpinnings of language processing.