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19631717

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
English vowels had been proposed in previous studies to be used as a simple tool for the brain mapping of language. A proper fMRI study of Cantonese rhymes, each of which being a required and fundamental unit of a Cantonese syllable, remains to be carried out. Using an auditory task with Cantonese rhymes which carry no semantic meaning, we observed a minimal amount of positive BOLD signal at the caudate nucleus when Cantonese rhymes were contrasted with their corresponding filtered sounds. Typical language activating regions of the prefrontal cortex, the medial prefrontal cortex and the lateral temporal cortex on both left and right sides were not activated by Cantonese rhymes. Based on the absence of brain activation at the typical language areas in the contrast of Cantonese rhymes relative to filtered sounds, the auditory task with Cantonese rhymes may not be a robust tool for the individual clinical assessment of hemispheric dominance for language.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
463
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
103-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Can Cantonese rhymes be used in the assessment of hemispheric dominance for language?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. htphoebe@inet.polyu.edu.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't