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  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics

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  • Semantic integration is vital for human communication.
  • Sentence predictability influences semantic integration behaviorally and neurally.
  • Underlying network interactions for semantic integration across the lifespan are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate network interactions supporting semantic integration across different age groups.
  • To explore how varying semantic integration demands affect brain activity and connectivity.
  • To elucidate the role of default mode and task-positive networks in sentence processing.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on 32 healthy adults (30-75 years).
  • Auditory cloze probability task with modulated semantic integration demands (expected, unexpected, anomalous, pseudoword endings).
  • Combined univariate, seed-based connectivity, and between-network connectivity analyses.

Main Results:

  • Behavioral data showed increased response latencies and reduced accuracy with higher integration demands.
  • Univariate fMRI revealed increased left frontal and temporal brain activity under higher integration demands.
  • Between-network analyses demonstrated the involvement of default mode and task-positive networks, with stronger coupling correlating with efficient processing.

Conclusions:

  • Semantic integration involves complex interactions between task-positive and default mode networks.
  • Increased semantic integration demands enhance the relevance of between-network coupling for task performance.
  • Findings provide insights into age-related semantic integration and inform future clinical studies.