RT Journal Article
T1 Word learning is mediated by the left arcuate fasciculus
A1 López-Barroso, Diana
A1 Catani, Marco
A1 Ripollés, Pablo
A1 Dell'Aqua, Flavio
A1 Rodríguez-Fornells, Antoni
A1 De Diego Balaguer, Ruth
K1 Sistema nervioso central
K1 Lenguaje - Adquisición
AB Human language requires constant learning of new words, leading to the acquisition of an average vocabulary of more than 30,000 words in adult life. The ability to learn new words is highly variable and may rely on the integration between auditory and motor information. Here, we combined diffusion imaging tractography and functional MRI to study whether the strength of anatomical and functional connectivity between auditory and motor language networks is associated with word learning ability. Our results showed that performance in word learning correlates with microstructural properties and strength of functional connectivity of the direct connections between Broca’s and Wernicke’s territories in the left hemisphere. This study suggests that our ability to learn new words relies on an efficient and fast communication between temporal and frontal areas. The absence of these connections in other animals may explain the unique ability of learning words in humans.
PB National Academy of Sciences
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36906
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36906
LA eng
NO López-Barroso, D., Catani, M., Ripollés, P., Dell'Acqua, F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., & de Diego-Balaguer, R. (2013). Word learning is mediated by the left arcuate fasciculus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(32), 13168-13173.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/10338
NO FP7 ERC StG_313841TuningLang (to R.d.D.-B.); the Spanish Government Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Grants PSI2011-23624 (to R.d.D.-B.) and PSI2011-29219 (toA.R.-F.); predoctoral Grant 2010FI_B1 00169 from the Catalan government (to D.L.-B.); predoctoral Formación de Profesorado Universitario Grant AP2010-4179 from the Spanish Government (to P.R.); and in part by Guy’sand St Thomas’ Charity and the Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Healthat South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust andInstitute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026