Comprehension of implicit meanings in social situations involving irony: A functional MRI study

Wakusawa, Keisuke; Sugiura, Motoaki; Sassa, Yuko; Jeong, Hyeonjeong; Horie, Kazuyuki; Sato, Shigeru; Yokoyama, Hiroyuki; Tsuchiya, Shigeru; Inuma, Kazuie; Kawashima, Ryuta

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.013

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“…e.g. Wakusawa et al, 2007] which is stronger in congruent than in incongruent trials. Future neuroimaging studies may directly and simultaneously investigate the successful processing of conflicting contextual information with different paradigms.…”

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The determiner congruency effect in language production investigated with functional MRI

Heim¹,

Friederici²,

Schiller³

et al. 2008

Human Brain Mapping

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In language production, naming a picture with a gender-marked determiner phrase is faster in the presence of a distractor noun with the same grammatical gender (congruent condition) as compared with a different grammatical gender (incongruent condition). We investigated the neural correlates of this determiner congruency effect in German with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants named pictures of real objects with determiner phrases (e.g. "der Tisch"-the table) in the presence of a gender-congruent or gender-incongruent distractor noun. Different comparisons allow the following functional segregation within the prefrontal cortex. First, the comparison between picture naming versus rest revealed a steeper slope of the haemodynamic response function (HRF) in the gender-congruent than the gender-incongruent condition in the left BA 44, suggesting the involvement of BA 44 in determiner selection. HRF amplitude differences between the congruent and the incongruent condition were observed outside the language network in the right fronto-median wall (congruent > incongruent), and in the left premotor cortex, middle frontal gyrus, cerebellum, and inferior parietal lobe (incongruent > congruent). The latter regions are known to be involved in the processing of incongruence and conflict in general. The data thus reveal the involvement of the left BA 44 in the selection of determiners for language production.

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The determiner congruency effect in language production investigated with functional MRI

Heim¹,

Friederici²,

Schiller³

et al. 2008

Human Brain Mapping

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“…Eleven studies investigated different types of non-literal language. Eviatar and Just (2006), Wakusawa et al (2007), and Uchiyama et al (2012) compared brain activation during comprehension of ironic remarks with brain activation for metaphoric stimuli.…”

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Where in the brain is nonliteral language? A coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

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“…Eviatar and Just (2006) found that listening to ironic statements results in stronger activation than to literal statements in the right STG and MTG. Wakusawa et al (2007) investigated irony processing in real social situations. Participants were shown pictures depicting daily communicative situations and asked to judge situational appropriateness and literal correctness.…”

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Language Processing, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of

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Small²

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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Comprehension of implicit meanings in social situations involving irony: A functional MRI study

Cited by 118 publications

References 48 publications

The determiner congruency effect in language production investigated with functional MRI

The determiner congruency effect in language production investigated with functional MRI

Where in the brain is nonliteral language? A coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

Language Processing, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of

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