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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
We determined the reproducibility of both the direction and the effect size of the word frequency effect (WFE) as it relates to associative semantic judgments. Sixteen volunteers were scanned twice. At the group level of analysis, signal change and voxel counting could both reproducibly detect the existence of a WFE. However, signal change data showed less intersession variation, particularly in the left inferior frontal gyrus. The effect size of WFE was well reproduced only with signal change measurements. In consideration of the signal change data, statistical threshold did not have a major effect on the detection or determination of the effect size. In general, while the direction of the WFE was reasonably reproducible at the individual level, the effect size was far less well reproduced. These findings suggest that with existing techniques, fMRI may be used to track changes in brain activation stemming from improvement in language proficiency at the group level but not at the individual level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1053-8119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
468-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Imaging, Three-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Individuality, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Paired-Associate Learning, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Phantoms, Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Practice (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Reading, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:12595200-Semantics
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Reproducibility of the word frequency effect: comparison of signal change and voxel counting.
pubmed:affiliation
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, SingHealth Research Laboratories, c/o Singapore General Hospital, 7 Hospital Drive #01-11, Singapore 169856. mchee@pacific.net.sg
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't