Structural asymmetry of anterior insula: Behavioral correlates and individual differences  

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Chiarello, Christine ; Vazquez, David ; Felton, Adam ; Leonard, Christiana M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 126 no. 2 (2013), page 109-122.
Topik: Insula; Cortical lateralization; Language lateralization; Handedness; Reading skill; Visual word recognition; Cortical surface area
Fulltext: 126_02_Chiarello.pdf (966.84KB)

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The current study investigated behavioral correlates of structural asymmetry of the insula, and traditional perisylvian language regions, in a large sample of young adults (N = 200). The findings indicated (1) reliable leftward surface area asymmetry of the anterior insula, (2) association of this asymmetry with divided visual field lateralization of visual word recognition, and (3) modulation of the correlation of structural and linguistic asymmetry by consistency of hand preference. Although leftward asymmetry of cortical surface area was observed for the anterior insula, pars opercularis and triangularis, and planum temporale, only the anterior insula asymmetry was associated with lateralized word recognition. We interpret these findings within the context of recent structural and functional findings about the human insula. We suggest that leftward structural lateralization of earlier developing insular cortex may bootstrap asymmetrical functional lateralization even if the insula is only a minor component of the adult language network.

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