Function of the left planum temporale in auditory and linguistic processing. Brain 1996 Aug;119 ( Pt 4):1239-47
Date
08/01/1996Pubmed ID
8813286DOI
10.1093/brain/119.4.1239Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0029740153 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 350 CitationsAbstract
Previous research suggests that the human left planum temporale (PT) plays an important role in language. To test this hypothesis, functional MRI (fMRI) data were collected from 12 normal right-handed subjects during passive and active listening to words and tone sequences. Several left hemisphere areas, including the superior temporal sulcus, middle temporal gyrus, angular gyrus and lateral frontal lobe showed stronger activation during the word conditions. This was not true of the PT, which responded equally to tones and words during passive listening and more strongly to tones during active listening. The PT is likely to be involved in early auditory processing, while specifically linguistic functions are mediated by multimodal association areas distributed elsewhere in the left hemisphere.
Author List
Binder JR, Frost JA, Hammeke TA, Rao SM, Cox RWAuthor
Jeffrey R. Binder MD Professor in the Neurology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAuditory Cortex
Brain Mapping
Female
Humans
Language
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Models, Neurological
Neural Pathways