Title

Processing Chinese hand-radicals activates the medial frontal gyrus: A functional MRI investigation.

Authors

Qing-Lin Wu; Yu-Chen Chan; Lavallee, Joseph P.; Hsueh-Chin Chen; Kuo-En Chang; Yao-Ting Sung

Abstract

The article presents a study which investigates whether Chinese hand-radicals are processed separately, and whether this processing happens in sensory-motor gions. The study consisted of 72 high-frequency Chinese characters and 28 participants undergone functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to read characters. Results showed that verbs which involve hand-action activated the left inferior parietal lobule, might be reflecting information integration in the radical.

Subjects

PERCEPTUAL-motor processes; AFFERENT pathways; CHINESE characters; FUNCTIONAL magnetic resonance imaging; NERVOUS system regeneration; VERBS

Publication

Neural Regeneration Research, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 20, p1837

ISSN

1673-5374

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.20.002