http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=5713 <table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"/><td align="right"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Link&amp;LinkName=pubmed_pubmed&amp;from_uid=26514810">Related Articles</a></td></tr></table> <p><b>A "one size fits all" approach to language fMRI: increasing specificity and applicability by adding a self-paced component.</b></p> <p>Exp Brain Res. 2015 Oct 29;</p> <p>Authors: Máté A, Lidzba K, Hauser TK, Staudt M, Wilke M</p> <p>Abstract<br/> We have previously established an fMRI task battery suitable for mapping the language processing network in children. Among the tasks used, the synonyms and the vowel identification task induced robust task-related activations in children with average language abilities; however, the fixed presentation time seems to be a drawback in participants with above- or below-average language abilities. This feasibility study in healthy adults (n = 20) was aimed at adapting these tasks to the individual level of each patient by implementing a self-paced stimulus presentation. The impact of using a block- versus an event-related statistical approach was also evaluated. The self-paced modification allowed our participants with above-average language abilities to process stimuli much faster than originally implemented, likely increasing task adherence. A higher specificity of the event-related analysis was confirmed by stronger left inferior frontal and crossed cerebellar activations. We suggest that self-paced paradigms and event-related analyses may both increase specificity and applicability.<br/> </p><p>PMID: 26514810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]</p> en-us Copyright 2000-2026 NITRC OSI Mon, 04 May 2026 1:44:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NITRC RSS generator