The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts. Wong, P. C M, Parsons, L. M, Martinez, M., & Diehl, R. L J Neurosci, 24(41):9153-60, 2004. doi abstract bibtex Auditory pitch patterns are significant ecological features to which nervous systems have exquisitely adapted. Pitch patterns are found embedded in many contexts, enabling different information-processing goals. Do the psychological functions of pitch patterns determine the neural mechanisms supporting their perception, or do all pitch patterns, regardless of function, engage the same mechanisms? This issue is pursued in the present study by using 150-water positron emission tomography to study brain activations when two subject groups discriminate pitch patterns in their respective native languages, one of which is a tonal language and the other of which is not. In a tonal language, pitch patterns signal lexical meaning. Native Mandarin-speaking and English-speaking listeners discriminated pitch patterns embedded in Mandarin and English words and also passively listened to the same stimuli. When Mandarin listeners discriminated pitch embedded in Mandarin lexical tones, the left anterior insular cortex was the most active. When they discriminated pitch patterns embedded in English words, the homologous area in the right hemisphere activated as it did in English-speaking listeners discriminating pitch patterns embedded in either Mandarin or English words. These results support the view that neural responses to physical acoustic stimuli depend on the function of those stimuli and implicate anterior insular cortex in auditory processing, with the left insular cortex especially responsive to linguistic stimuli.
@Article{Wong2004,
author = {Patrick C M Wong and Lawrence M Parsons and Michael Martinez and Randy L Diehl},
journal = {J Neurosci},
title = {The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: {T}he effect of linguistic contexts.},
year = {2004},
number = {41},
pages = {9153-60},
volume = {24},
abstract = {Auditory pitch patterns are significant ecological features to which
nervous systems have exquisitely adapted. Pitch patterns are found
embedded in many contexts, enabling different information-processing
goals. Do the psychological functions of pitch patterns determine
the neural mechanisms supporting their perception, or do all pitch
patterns, regardless of function, engage the same mechanisms? This
issue is pursued in the present study by using 150-water positron
emission tomography to study brain activations when two subject groups
discriminate pitch patterns in their respective native languages,
one of which is a tonal language and the other of which is not. In
a tonal language, pitch patterns signal lexical meaning. Native Mandarin-speaking
and English-speaking listeners discriminated pitch patterns embedded
in Mandarin and English words and also passively listened to the
same stimuli. When Mandarin listeners discriminated pitch embedded
in Mandarin lexical tones, the left anterior insular cortex was the
most active. When they discriminated pitch patterns embedded in English
words, the homologous area in the right hemisphere activated as it
did in English-speaking listeners discriminating pitch patterns embedded
in either Mandarin or English words. These results support the view
that neural responses to physical acoustic stimuli depend on the
function of those stimuli and implicate anterior insular cortex in
auditory processing, with the left insular cortex especially responsive
to linguistic stimuli.},
doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2225-04.2004},
keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Blood Flow Velocity, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Humans, Language, Male, Pitch Discrimination, Pitch Perception, Positron-Emission Tomography, Reaction Time, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., P.H.S., Speech Perception, Verbal Behavior, 15483134},
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"FQ2Dwv6dN3qqewvtw","bibbaseid":"wong-parsons-martinez-diehl-theroleoftheinsularcortexinpitchpatternperceptiontheeffectoflinguisticcontexts-2004","author_short":["Wong, P. C M","Parsons, L. M","Martinez, M.","Diehl, R. L"],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","author":[{"firstnames":["Patrick","C","M"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Wong"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Lawrence","M"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Parsons"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Michael"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Martinez"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Randy","L"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Diehl"],"suffixes":[]}],"journal":"J Neurosci","title":"The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts.","year":"2004","number":"41","pages":"9153-60","volume":"24","abstract":"Auditory pitch patterns are significant ecological features to which nervous systems have exquisitely adapted. Pitch patterns are found embedded in many contexts, enabling different information-processing goals. Do the psychological functions of pitch patterns determine the neural mechanisms supporting their perception, or do all pitch patterns, regardless of function, engage the same mechanisms? This issue is pursued in the present study by using 150-water positron emission tomography to study brain activations when two subject groups discriminate pitch patterns in their respective native languages, one of which is a tonal language and the other of which is not. In a tonal language, pitch patterns signal lexical meaning. Native Mandarin-speaking and English-speaking listeners discriminated pitch patterns embedded in Mandarin and English words and also passively listened to the same stimuli. When Mandarin listeners discriminated pitch embedded in Mandarin lexical tones, the left anterior insular cortex was the most active. When they discriminated pitch patterns embedded in English words, the homologous area in the right hemisphere activated as it did in English-speaking listeners discriminating pitch patterns embedded in either Mandarin or English words. These results support the view that neural responses to physical acoustic stimuli depend on the function of those stimuli and implicate anterior insular cortex in auditory processing, with the left insular cortex especially responsive to linguistic stimuli.","doi":"10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2225-04.2004","keywords":"Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Blood Flow Velocity, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Humans, Language, Male, Pitch Discrimination, Pitch Perception, Positron-Emission Tomography, Reaction Time, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., P.H.S., Speech Perception, Verbal Behavior, 15483134","bibtex":"@Article{Wong2004,\n author = {Patrick C M Wong and Lawrence M Parsons and Michael Martinez and Randy L Diehl},\n journal = {J Neurosci},\n title = {The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: {T}he effect of linguistic contexts.},\n year = {2004},\n number = {41},\n pages = {9153-60},\n volume = {24},\n abstract = {Auditory pitch patterns are significant ecological features to which\n\tnervous systems have exquisitely adapted. Pitch patterns are found\n\tembedded in many contexts, enabling different information-processing\n\tgoals. Do the psychological functions of pitch patterns determine\n\tthe neural mechanisms supporting their perception, or do all pitch\n\tpatterns, regardless of function, engage the same mechanisms? This\n\tissue is pursued in the present study by using 150-water positron\n\temission tomography to study brain activations when two subject groups\n\tdiscriminate pitch patterns in their respective native languages,\n\tone of which is a tonal language and the other of which is not. In\n\ta tonal language, pitch patterns signal lexical meaning. Native Mandarin-speaking\n\tand English-speaking listeners discriminated pitch patterns embedded\n\tin Mandarin and English words and also passively listened to the\n\tsame stimuli. When Mandarin listeners discriminated pitch embedded\n\tin Mandarin lexical tones, the left anterior insular cortex was the\n\tmost active. When they discriminated pitch patterns embedded in English\n\twords, the homologous area in the right hemisphere activated as it\n\tdid in English-speaking listeners discriminating pitch patterns embedded\n\tin either Mandarin or English words. These results support the view\n\tthat neural responses to physical acoustic stimuli depend on the\n\tfunction of those stimuli and implicate anterior insular cortex in\n\tauditory processing, with the left insular cortex especially responsive\n\tto linguistic stimuli.},\n doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2225-04.2004},\n keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Blood Flow Velocity, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Humans, Language, Male, Pitch Discrimination, Pitch Perception, Positron-Emission Tomography, Reaction Time, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., P.H.S., Speech Perception, Verbal Behavior, 15483134},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Wong, P. C M","Parsons, L. M","Martinez, M.","Diehl, R. L"],"key":"Wong2004","id":"Wong2004","bibbaseid":"wong-parsons-martinez-diehl-theroleoftheinsularcortexinpitchpatternperceptiontheeffectoflinguisticcontexts-2004","role":"author","urls":{},"keyword":["Adolescent","Adult","Analysis of Variance","Blood Flow Velocity","Brain Mapping","Cerebral Cortex","Cerebrovascular Circulation","Humans","Language","Male","Pitch Discrimination","Pitch Perception","Positron-Emission Tomography","Reaction Time","Research Support","Non-U.S. Gov't","U.S. Gov't","Non-P.H.S.","P.H.S.","Speech Perception","Verbal Behavior","15483134"],"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://endress.org/publications/ansgar.bib","dataSources":["xPGxHAeh3vZpx4yyE","TXa55dQbNoWnaGmMq","vCGHbq7YMoL4xbgTv"],"keywords":["adolescent","adult","analysis of variance","blood flow velocity","brain mapping","cerebral cortex","cerebrovascular circulation","humans","language","male","pitch discrimination","pitch perception","positron-emission tomography","reaction time","research support","non-u.s. gov't","u.s. gov't","non-p.h.s.","p.h.s.","speech perception","verbal behavior","15483134"],"search_terms":["role","insular","cortex","pitch","pattern","perception","effect","linguistic","contexts","wong","parsons","martinez","diehl"],"title":"The role of the insular cortex in pitch pattern perception: The effect of linguistic contexts.","year":2004}