Memory traces for words as revealed by the mismatch negativity. / Pulvermüller, Friedemann; Kujala, Teija; Shtyrov, Yury; Simola, Jaana; Tiitinen, Hannu; Alku, Paavo; Alho, Kimmo; Martinkauppi, Sami; Ilmoniemi, Risto J.; Näätänen, Risto.
In: NeuroImage, Vol. 14, No. 3, 01.01.2001, p. 607-616.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Memory traces for words as revealed by the mismatch negativity
AU - Pulvermüller, Friedemann
AU - Kujala, Teija
AU - Shtyrov, Yury
AU - Simola, Jaana
AU - Tiitinen, Hannu
AU - Alku, Paavo
AU - Alho, Kimmo
AU - Martinkauppi, Sami
AU - Ilmoniemi, Risto J.
AU - Näätänen, Risto
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Brain responses to the same spoken syllable completing a Finnish word or a pseudo-word were studied. Native Finnish-speaking subjects were instructed to ignore the sound stimuli and watch a silent movie while the mismatch negativity (MMN), an automatic index of experience-dependent auditory memory traces, was recorded. The MMN to each syllable was larger when it completed a word than when it completed a pseudo-word. This enhancement, reaching its maximum amplitude at about 150 ms after the word's recognition point, did not occur in foreign subjects who did not know any Finnish. These results provide the first demonstration of the presence of memory traces for individual spoken words in the human brain. Using whole-head magnetoencephalography, the major intracranial source of this word-related MMN was found in the left superior temporal lobe.
AB - Brain responses to the same spoken syllable completing a Finnish word or a pseudo-word were studied. Native Finnish-speaking subjects were instructed to ignore the sound stimuli and watch a silent movie while the mismatch negativity (MMN), an automatic index of experience-dependent auditory memory traces, was recorded. The MMN to each syllable was larger when it completed a word than when it completed a pseudo-word. This enhancement, reaching its maximum amplitude at about 150 ms after the word's recognition point, did not occur in foreign subjects who did not know any Finnish. These results provide the first demonstration of the presence of memory traces for individual spoken words in the human brain. Using whole-head magnetoencephalography, the major intracranial source of this word-related MMN was found in the left superior temporal lobe.
KW - Acoustics
KW - Language
KW - Lexical processing
KW - Mismatch negativity
KW - Phonology
KW - Pseudo-word
KW - Spoken word
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U2 - 10.1006/nimg.2001.0864
DO - 10.1006/nimg.2001.0864
M3 - Article
C2 - 11506534
AN - SCOPUS:17944367200
VL - 14
SP - 607
EP - 616
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
SN - 1053-8119
IS - 3
ER -
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