TITLE:
An fMRI Study of Words Processing in Chinese Language
AUTHORS:
Pei Xu, Bing Sun, Chunqi Chang, Nan Hu
KEYWORDS:
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Brain Functional Area, Brain Activation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Biosciences and Medicines,
Vol.4 No.3,
February
26,
2016
ABSTRACT:
Using the blood oxygen levels
dependent technology of magnetic resonance imaging (BLOD-fMRI), we aimed to explore
the brain activation after visual stimulation by Chinese words. In the current
study, 24 healthy volunteers (12 males, 12 females, right-handed, mean age 26 ±
2 years) were prospectively included. The event related design was used in the
current fMRI study when participants silently read all words appearing in the
middle of the screen. Images were processed with Statistical Parametric Mapping
8 (SPM8) software, by using a general linear model (GLM). Group activations
were extracted from the 2nd level group analysis with a threshold of p