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Lin Z, Li X, Qi G, Yang J, Sun H, Guo Q, Wu J, Xu M. Phonological properties of logographic words modulate brain activation in bilinguals: a comparative study of Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae150. [PMID: 38652552 PMCID: PMC11037275 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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The brain networks for the first (L1) and second (L2) languages are dynamically formed in the bilingual brain. This study delves into the neural mechanisms associated with logographic-logographic bilingualism, where both languages employ visually complex and conceptually rich logographic scripts. Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, we examined the brain activity of Chinese-Japanese bilinguals and Japanese-Chinese bilinguals as they engaged in rhyming tasks with Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji. Results showed that Japanese-Chinese bilinguals processed both languages using common brain areas, demonstrating an assimilation pattern, whereas Chinese-Japanese bilinguals recruited additional neural regions in the left lateral prefrontal cortex for processing Japanese Kanji, reflecting their accommodation to the higher phonological complexity of L2. In addition, Japanese speakers relied more on the phonological processing route, while Chinese speakers favored visual form analysis for both languages, indicating differing neural strategy preferences between the 2 bilingual groups. Moreover, multivariate pattern analysis demonstrated that, despite the considerable neural overlap, each bilingual group formed distinguishable neural representations for each language. These findings highlight the brain's capacity for neural adaptability and specificity when processing complex logographic languages, enriching our understanding of the neural underpinnings supporting bilingual language processing.
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- Zhenglong Lin
- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Weixing Road 7186, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
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- Department of Psychology, College of Education Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, West College Road 235, Huhhot 010021, Inner Mongolia, China
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 2-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Sanhao Street 36, Shenyang 110055, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Sanhao Street 36, Shenyang 110055, Liaoning, China
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 2-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
- Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and System, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control and Decision of Complex Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhongguancun South Street No 5, Beijing 100811, China
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- School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, China
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Arrington CN, Ossowski AE, Baig H, Persichetti E, Morris R. The Impact of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Reading Processes: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychol Rev 2023; 33:255-277. [PMID: 35119625 PMCID: PMC9349478 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-022-09534-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The current systematic review examines the behavioral effects of TMS on reading. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to targeted nodes of the brain's reading network has been shown to impact reading. Extracted data included (a) study characteristics, (b) methodology, (c) targeted nodes, (d) control paradigm, (e) type of reading task, (f) adverse effects, and (g) main findings. Data was classified by type of reading task: 1) phonological processing, 2) semantic judgment, 3) lexical decision, 4) whole word reading, and 5) visual or text characteristics. Seventy records from 46 studies (n = 844) were identified. Results indicate that TMS modulates semantic judgments when focused in the anterior aspects of the reading circuit, phonological processes after stimulation within the dorsal circuit, and impacts single word recognition and contextual reading when administered to the ventral circuit. Findings suggest that changes in specific behavioral aspects of reading following TMS may contribute to identification of foci for use as part of reading interventions.
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- C Nikki Arrington
- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. .,GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.,GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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- GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA.,School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.,GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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Wang Y, Bao W, Li H, Luo J. The disappearance of intuitive dominance? The effect of schema on intuitive processing. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03779-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The impact of spelling regularity on handwriting production: A coupled fMRI and kinematics study. Cortex 2019; 113:111-127. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wirth M, Gaschler R. Challenging Cognitive Control by Mirrored Stimuli in Working Memory Matching. Front Psychol 2017; 8:653. [PMID: 28503160 PMCID: PMC5408073 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cognitive conflict has often been investigated by placing automatic processing originating from learned associations in competition with instructed task demands. Here we explore whether mirror generalization as a congenital mechanism can be employed to create cognitive conflict. Past research suggests that the visual system automatically generates an invariant representation of visual objects and their mirrored counterparts (i.e., mirror generalization), and especially so for lateral reversals (e.g., a cup seen from the left side vs. right side). Prior work suggests that mirror generalization can be reduced or even overcome by learning (i.e., for those visual objects for which it is not appropriate, such as letters d and b). We, therefore, minimized prior practice on resolving conflicts involving mirror generalization by using kanji stimuli as non-verbal and unfamiliar material. In a 1-back task, participants had to check a stream of kanji stimuli for identical repetitions and avoid miss-categorizing mirror reversed stimuli as exact repetitions. Consistent with previous work, lateral reversals led to profound slowing of reaction times and lower accuracy in Experiment 1. Yet, different from previous reports suggesting that lateral reversals lead to stronger conflict, similar slowing for vertical and horizontal mirror transformations was observed in Experiment 2. Taken together, the results suggest that transformations of visual stimuli can be employed to challenge cognitive control in the 1-back task.
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- Maria Wirth
- Department of Psychology, Universität LeipzigLeipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, FernUniversität in HagenHagen, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Research Cluster Image, Knowledge, Gestaltung, Humboldt-Universität BerlinBerlin, Germany
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Nakamura K, Makuuchi M, Nakajima Y. Mirror-image discrimination in the literate brain: a causal role for the left occpitotemporal cortex. Front Psychol 2014; 5:478. [PMID: 24904491 PMCID: PMC4033049 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Previous studies show that the primate and human visual system automatically generates a common and invariant representation from a visual object image and its mirror reflection. For humans, however, this mirror-image generalization seems to be partially suppressed through literacy acquisition, since literate adults have greater difficulty in recognizing mirror images of letters than those of other visual objects. At the neural level, such category-specific effect on mirror-image processing has been associated with the left occpitotemporal cortex (L-OTC), but it remains unclear whether the apparent “inhibition” on mirror letters is mediated by suppressing mirror-image representations covertly generated from normal letter stimuli. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), we examined how transient disruption of the L-OTC affects mirror-image recognition during a same-different judgment task, while varying the semantic category (letters and non-letter objects), identity (same or different), and orientation (same or mirror-reversed) of the first and second stimuli. We found that magnetic stimulation of the L-OTC produced a significant delay in mirror-image recognition for letter-strings but not for other objects. By contrast, this category specific impact was not observed when TMS was applied to other control sites, including the right homologous area and vertex. These results thus demonstrate a causal link between the L-OTC and mirror-image discrimination in literate people. We further suggest that left-right sensitivity for letters is not achieved by a local inhibitory mechanism in the L-OTC but probably relies on the inter-regional coupling with other orientation-sensitive occipito-parietal regions.
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- Kimihiro Nakamura
- Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan ; National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities Tokorozawa, Japan
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- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities Tokorozawa, Japan
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- National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities Tokorozawa, Japan
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Distinct role of spatial frequency in dissociative reading of ideograms and phonograms: an fMRI study. Neuroimage 2012; 63:979-88. [PMID: 22480729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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It has been proposed that distinct neural circuits are activated by reading Japanese ideograms (Kanji) and phonograms (Kana). By measuring high-density event-related potentials, we recently reported that spatial frequency (SF) information is responsible for the dissociation between Kanji and Kana reading. In particular, we found close links between Kana and low SF (LSF) information and between Kanji and high SF (HSF) information. However, it remains unclear which brain regions contribute to this dissociation. To determine this, we performed functional magnetic resonance imaging while presenting unfiltered or spatially filtered Kanji and Kana word stimuli to healthy native Japanese subjects. Fourier analysis revealed that Kanji and Kana stimuli were characterized by HSF and LSF information, respectively. When presented with either type of unfiltered stimulus (Kanji or Kana), the bilateral inferior temporal (IT, BA 37) regions were activated compared to the resting condition. Kana but not Kanji reading also activated the bilateral inferior parietal lobules (IPL, BA 40). When we compared Kanji and Kana reading directly, the left IT region was significantly activated by Kanji reading, while significant activation of the left IPL was observed during Kana reading. In response to filtered HSF stimuli, the Kanji reading minus Kana reading comparison revealed significant activation of the left IT region but not the left IPL. Conversely, significant activation of the left IPL but not the left IT region occurred in the Kana reading minus Kanji reading comparison for filtered LSF stimuli. These results suggest that Kanji and Kana engage a relatively overlapping network, within which the left IT is more involved in Kanji processing, while the left IPL contributes more to Kana processing. The preferential engagements of these brain regions could reflect the close links between Kana and LSF information, and between Kanji and HSF information. Therefore, this study provides further evidence that SF contributes to the dissociation between Kanji and Kana reading.
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Horie S, Yamasaki T, Okamoto T, Nakashima T, Ogata K, Tobimatsu S. Differential roles of spatial frequency on reading processes for ideograms and phonograms: a high-density ERP study. Neurosci Res 2011; 72:68-78. [PMID: 22020307 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The neural substrate of the dissociation between reading Japanese ideograms (Kanji) and phonograms (Kana) is currently unclear. To test whether spatial frequency (SF) information is responsible for this phenomenon, we recorded high-density event-related potentials (ERPs) with unfiltered or spatially filtered word stimuli in Japanese-speaking subjects. Kanji (early-learned, late-learned), Kana (word, non-word), and scrambled characters served as stimuli. Fourier analysis revealed that Kanji and Kana were characterized by high-SF (HSF) and low-SF (LSF) information, respectively. In ERPs with unfiltered stimuli, bilateral occipital P100, left occipitotemporal N170 and fronto-central N400 were elicited. Scrambled characters did not evoke left-lateralized N170 or clear N400. Under the LSF condition, P100 and N170 latencies for Kanji were significantly longer than those for Kana. In the HSF condition, P100 and N170 latencies for late-learned Kanji were significantly longer than those for early-learned Kanji. There was no significant difference in the N400 between Kanji and Kana in both SF conditions. These results suggest that early visual responses, but not the semantic component, are influenced by SF. This indicates a close link between Kana and LSF information, and between Kanji and HSF information. The differential effects of SF could underlie the neural basis of the differences between Kanji and Kana reading.
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- Shizuka Horie
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Symmetrical hemispheric priming in spatial neglect: a hyperactive left-hemisphere phenomenon? Cortex 2010; 48:421-8. [PMID: 21292251 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Revised: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hemispheric rivalry models of spatial neglect suggest that the left hemisphere becomes hyperactive following right-hemisphere lesions since the two hemispheres normally exert an inhibitory influence on each other via callosal connections. Using a masked hemifield priming paradigm, we investigated whether the putative change in hemispheric balance involves other, higher-order abstract representational systems in spatial neglect. Participants consisted of 12 neglect patients with right-hemisphere damage and three groups of control participants, i.e., 12 young healthy controls, 10 age-matched healthy controls and 10 right-hemisphere patients without spatial neglect. In each trial, participants made semantic categorization about a centrally presented target word which was preceded by a masked prime flashed either to the left or right visual field. All three control groups exhibited strong left-hemisphere advantage in inhibitory syllabic priming, consistent with the known left-hemisphere dominance in lexical inhibition during reading. By contrast, neglect patients exhibited a symmetrical pattern of priming between the left and right visual fields. These results suggest that (1) the neglected hemifield can rapidly extract abstract information even from weak and normally non-perceptible visual stimuli, but that (2) the normal left hemispheric dominance in reading is absent in neglect patients probably because of the generalized hyperactivity of the left hemisphere. Our results demonstrate a covert behavioral change in spatial neglect which may reflect the altered inter-hemispheric balance in the bilateral word recognition system encompassing lexico-semantic memory.
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Maeda T, Hamasaki T, Morioka M, Hirano T, Yano S, Nakamura H, Makino K, Kuratsu JI. Deficits in Japanese word spelling as an initial language symptom of malignant glioma in the left hemisphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 71:451-6; discussion 456-7. [PMID: 18514272 DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND A good performance status at diagnosis is a prognostic factor in patients with malignant glioma whose median survival is 24 months. As early diagnosis may improve their poor prognosis, we looked for currently unknown initial symptoms among patients in good performance status. METHODS We chose 17 consecutive patients with malignant glioma in the left frontal and/or temporal lobe whose Karnofsky Performance Status was more than 80. At preoperative evaluation, we administered the Japanese version of the Western Aphasia Battery. RESULTS The chief complaint was difficulty in speech (n = 6), headache/nausea (n = 4), seizures (n = 5), and uncinate fits (n = 1); one patient was symptom-free. Of the 17 patients, 14 exhibited no motor deficits. In 15 patients, the aphasia quotient exceeded 80, indicating that the overall language deficits were mild. However, in the reading section, their scores on the "spelled kanji (Japanese ideogram) recognition" test (full score = 10) were selectively low (5.3 +/- 1.6 for right-handed individuals with frontal lesions, 6.1 +/- 1.0 for right-handed patients with temporal lesions, 7.2 +/- 2.0 for left-handed/bimanual individuals with frontal/temporal lesions). Their scores on the "spelling kanji" test were 3.0 +/- 1.6, 4.8 +/- 1.2, and 9.4 +/- 0.6, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our findings point to the importance of recognizing spelling deficits as an initial symptom of left hemisphere glioma in efforts to identify patients in good performance status whose prognosis may be improved. It would be important to determine if the spelling of alphabetic words is also impaired early in the clinical course of left hemisphere glioma.
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- Tatsumi Maeda
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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Human brain mapping: hemodynamic response and electrophysiology. Clin Neurophysiol 2008; 119:731-43. [PMID: 18187361 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/18/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In view of the recent advance in functional neuroimaging, the current status of non-invasive techniques applied for human brain mapping was reviewed by integrating two principles: hemodynamic and electrophysiological, from the viewpoint of clinical neurophysiology. The currently available functional neuroimaging techniques based on hemodynamic principles are functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Electrophysiological techniques include electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). As for the coupling between hemodynamic response and neuronal activity (neurovascular coupling), experimental studies suggest that the hemodynamic response is significantly correlated to neuronal activity, especially local field potential (synaptic activity) rather than spiking activity, within a certain range. The hemodynamic response tends to be more widespread in space and lasts longer in time as compared with the neuronal activity. Since each technique has its own characteristic features especially in terms of spatial and temporal resolution, it is important to adopt the most appropriate technique for solving each specific question, and it is useful to combine two techniques either simultaneously or in separate sessions. As for the multi-modal approach, the combined use of EEG and MEG, EEG and PET, or EEG and fMRI is applied for the simultaneous studies, and for the separate use of two different techniques, the information obtained from fMRI is used for estimating the generator source from EEG or MEG data (fMRI-constrained source estimation). Functional connectivity among different brain areas can be studied by using a single technique such as the EEG coherence or the correlation analysis of fMRI or PET data, or by combining the stimulation technique such as TMS with neuroimaging. Further advance of each technology and improvement in the analysis method will promote the understanding of precise functional specialization and inter-areal coupling, and will contribute to the increased efficacy of rapidly developing physiological treatments of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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