Mandarin and English Single Word Processing Studied with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 2.

Summary of activations

BA 22/21 BA 44/45 BA37 BA47 BA 9/46 BA 7 BA 6
L R L R L L L R L R L R
EB
 TI (1) B B B B B 0 B 0 B B B b
 LE (1) 0 0 B b B 0 B B B B B B
 LI (1) BA38 0 m 0 0 0 B 0 B b m 0
 BA (1) B b B 0 B B B b B B b b
 RE (2) 0 0 B b 0 m B 0 B B B 0
 YE (2) 0 0 B 0 0 B B b B B B 0
 LO (2) B 0 B b B B B 0 B 0 B B
 EL (1) 0 0 B e B 0 B 0 B 0 b 0
 LN (1) B 0 B 0 B B B b B b B 0
 LA (1) 0 0 B e 0 B B b B b B 0
 SI (1) 0 0 B 0 0 B B b B 0 b 0
 SO (1) B 0 B 0 B b B b B B B b
 ME (2) 0 0 B 0 B 0 B B B B b 0
 SK (2) BA38 0 B b 0 B B b B B B b
 JA (2) 0 0 B b 0 b B b B B B 0
LB
 LZ (2) 0 0 b b 0 b b b B B b b
 HU (2) 0 0 B b B 0 B b B B B B
 YA (2) 0 0 B 0 0 b B b B B b b
 JI (2) 0 0 B 0 0 0 B e B b 0 0
 GU (2) 0 0 B b B 0 B b B B b b
 ZH (2) b b B b 0 0 B b B B B b
 ZN (2) 0 0 B 0 0 0 B B B B b b
 JU (2) 0 0 B B 0 0 B b B B B B
 DA (2) 0 0 B 0 0 0 B 0 B B b 0
  • B, Activation in both languages; b, minor activation in both languages; e and m, minor activations seen with either English or Mandarin, respectively. BA 22/21. Activations involving the posterior superior temporal gyrus and the middle temporal gyrus; BA 38, anterior temporal pole; BA 37, basal temporal language area; BA 47, inferior and anterior portions of the inferior frontal gyrus; BA 44/45, inferior frontal gyrus; BA 9/46, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; BA 6, premotor cortex.

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