Abstract
Temporal connectives (before/. after) give us the freedom to describe a sequence of events in different orders. Studies have suggested that '. before- initiating' sentences, in which events are expressed in an order inconsistent with their actual order of occurrence, might need additional computation(s) during comprehension. The results of independent component analysis suggest that these computations are supported by a neural network connecting the bilateral caudate nucleus with the right middle frontal gyrus, left precentral gyrus, bilateral parietal lobule and inferior temporal gyrus. Among those regions, the caudate nucleus and the left middle frontal gyrus showed greater activations for '. before' than '. after' sentences. The functional network observed in this study may support sequence learning and processing in a general sense.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | NeuroImage |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3662-3667 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 1053-8119 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15.02.2012 |
Funding
ZY was supported by a fellowship of the China Scholarship Council . TFM is supported by grants of the DFG , the BMBF and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). MK and some of the research described herein were supported by grants from NICH D ( HD66214 ) and NIA ( AG08313 ). MS was supported by NIMH ( MH081990 ). Appendix A
