Identification of a neural response for onomatopoeia related to food textures

• Project/Area Number: 23700885
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits, studies on eating habits
• Research Institution: Jichi Medical University
• Principal Investigator: DAN Haruka 自治医科大学, 医学部, 客員研究員 (80589911)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: テクスチャー / MEG / 脳磁計 / 口腔感覚 / オノマトペ / 擬音・擬態語 / 脳内表象 / 脳機能イメージング / 擬音語・擬態語 / 脳磁図 / 近赤外分光分析法

Research Abstract

This study aims to elucidate neural substrates for onomatopoeia related to food texture. First, we examined if magnetoencephalography can detect the oral sense area in the cortex. We verified that the 20-ms latency cortical response of trigeminal somatosensory-evoked field components localized at the primary sensory cortex can serve as a robust neurofunctional marker for the lip sensation. Second, we explored neural representation for cortical processing of ABAB-type four-morae onomatopoeia, rich in Japanese vocabulary for texture expressions. We assessed cortical activity evoked by ABAB-type onomatopoeia using MEG. Source analyses using minimum norm estimation revealed stronger neural activity for ABAB-type onomatopoeia than ABCD-type control words at the third morae in the inferior parietal cortices. This suggests that the third morae in the onomatopoeia accelerated phonological and semantic processing of the words in these regions.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Neuropharmacological effect of methylphenidate on attention network in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder during oddball paradigms as assessed using fNIRS (2014)
  • Author(s): Nagashima, M., Dan, I., Monden, Y., Dan, H.,, Tsuzuki, D., Mizutani, T., Kyutoku, Y., Gunji, Y., Momoi, M. Y., Watanabe, E., Yamagata, T.
  • Journal Title: Neurophotonics Volume: (in press)
• [Journal Article] Neuropharmacological effect of methylphenidate on attention network in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder during oddball paradigms as assessed using fNIRS (2014)
  • Author(s): Nagashima M, Dan I, Monden Y, Dan H, , Tsuzuki D, Mizutani T, Kyutoku Y, Gunji Y, Momoi M Y, Watanabe E, Yamagata T
  • Journal Title: Neurophotonics Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Language-specific cortical activation patterns for verbal fluency tasks in Japanese as assessed by multichannel functional near-infrared spectroscopy (2013)
  • Author(s): Dan, H., Dan, I., Sano, T., Kyutoku. Y., Oguro. K., Yokota, H., Tsuzuki, D., Watanabe, E.
  • Journal Title: Brain and Language Volume: 126 Pages: 208-216
• [Journal Article] Stable and convenient spatial registration of stand-alone NIRS data through anchor-based probabilistic registration (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsuzuki, D., Cai, D. S., Dan, H., Kyutoku, Y., Fujita, A., Watanabe, E. and Dan, I.
  • Journal Title: Neuroscience Research Volume: 72(2) Pages: 163-71
• [Journal Article] Multichannel fNIRS assessment of overt and covert confrontation naming (2012)
  • Author(s): Moriai-Izawa, A.#, Dan, H.#, Dan, I., Sano, T., Oguro, K., Yokota, H., Tsuzuki, D., and Watanabe, E. (# Equal contribution)
  • Journal Title: Brain and Language Volume: 121(3) Pages: 185-93
• [Journal Article] Effect of anesthesia on trigeminal somatosensory evoked magnetic fields (2012)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, T.#, Dan, H.#, Dan, I., Sase, M., Sano, T., Tsuzuki, D., Sasaguri, K., Okada, N., Kusama, M., Jinbu, Y., and Watanabe, E. (# Equal contribution)
  • Journal Title: J Dental Res Volume: 91(12) Pages: 1196-201
• [Journal Article] Right prefrontal activation as a neuro-functional biomarker for monitoring acute effects of methylphenidate in ADHD children : An fNIRS study (2012)
  • Author(s): Monden, Y.#, Dan, H.#, Nagashima, M., Dan, I., Tsuzuki, D., Kyutoku, Y., Gunji, Y., Yamagata, T., Watanabe, E., Momoi, M.Y. (# Equal contribution)
  • Journal Title: NuroImage : Clinical Volume: 1(1) Pages: 131-140
• [Journal Article] Effect of anesthesia on trigeminal somatosensory evoked magnetic fields. (2012)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, T., Dan, H., Dan, I., Sase, M., Sano, T., Tsuzuki, D., Sasaguri, K., Okada, N., Kusama, M., Jinbu, Y., Watanabe, E.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Dental Research Volume: 91(12) Issue: 12 Pages: 1196-201
  • DOI: 10.1177/0022034512462398
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Right prefrontal activation as a neuro-functional biomarker for monitoring acute effects of methylphenidate in ADHD children : an fNIRS study (2012)
  • Author(s): Monden Y, Dan I, Dan H, Nagashima M, Tsuzuki D, Kyutoku Y, Gunji Y, Yamagata T, Watanabe E, Momoi MY
  • Journal Title: NeuroImage Clinical Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 131-40
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2012.10.001
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Stable and convenient spatial registration of stand-alone NIRS data through anchor-based probabilistic registration (2012)
  • Author(s): Tsuzuki D, Cai DS, Dan H, Kyutoku Y, Fujita A, Watanabe E, Dan I
  • Journal Title: Neuroscience Research Volume: 72(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 163-71
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.10.008
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Multichannel fNIRS assessment of overt and covert confrontation naming (2012)
  • Author(s): Moriai-Izawa A, Dan H, Dan I, Sano T, Oguro K, Yokota H, Tsuzuki D, Watanabe E
  • Journal Title: Brain and Language Volume: (Epub) Issue: 3 Pages: 185-93
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.02.001
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 脳磁図による下歯槽機能障害の客観的評価法開発 (2013)
  • Author(s): 佐野俊文、大塚剛郎、檀はるか、神部芳則、渡辺英寿、檀一平太
  • Organizer: 第16回日本薬物脳波学会
  • Place of Presentation: 栃木県那須市リゾートホテルラフォーレ那須
  • Year and Date: 2013-07-12
• [Presentation] 言語処理におけるオノマトペ特有な神経応答の同定 (2013)
  • Author(s): 佐野俊文、檀はるか、水谷勉、籠宮隆之、皆川泰代、渡辺英寿、檀一平太
  • Organizer: 第28回日本生体磁気学会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟県新潟市朱鷺メッセ
  • Year and Date: 2013-06-07
• [Presentation] 呼称課題の発生有無に伴う脳活動パターンの光トポグラフィによる検討 (2011)
  • Author(s): 檀はるか、盛合彩乃、檀一平太、小黒恵司、横田英典、續木大介、渡辺英寿
  • Organizer: 第16回認知神経科学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡県北九州市産業医科大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-23
• [Presentation] 呼称課題の発声有無に伴う脳活動パターンの光トポグラフィーによる検討
  • Author(s): 檀はるか、盛合彩乃、檀一平太、小黒恵司、横田英典、續木大介、渡辺英寿
  • Organizer: 認知神経科学会
  • Place of Presentation: 産業医科大学、北九州市