ADAMCZYK, Przemysław, Martin JÁNI, Tomasz S. LIGEZA, Olga PŁONKA, Piotr BŁĄDZIŃSKI and Miroslaw WYCZESANY. On the Role of Bilateral Brain Hypofunction and Abnormal Lateralization of Cortical Information Flow as Neural Underpinnings of Conventional Metaphor Processing Impairment in Schizophrenia: An fMRI and EEG Study. Brain Topography. Dordrecht: Springer, vol. 34, No 4, p. 537-554. ISSN 0896-0267. doi:10.1007/s10548-021-00849-x. 2021.
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Original name On the Role of Bilateral Brain Hypofunction and Abnormal Lateralization of Cortical Information Flow as Neural Underpinnings of Conventional Metaphor Processing Impairment in Schizophrenia: An fMRI and EEG Study
Authors ADAMCZYK, Przemysław (guarantor), Martin JÁNI (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Tomasz S. LIGEZA, Olga PŁONKA, Piotr BŁĄDZIŃSKI and Miroslaw WYCZESANY.
Edition Brain Topography, Dordrecht, Springer, 2021, 0896-0267.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30210 Clinical neurology
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.275
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/21:00121599
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10548-021-00849-x
UT WoS 000648852000002
Keywords in English Metaphor; Schizophrenia; Effective connectivity; Lateralization; Electroencephalography; Directed transfer function; Functional magnetic resonance imaging
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Abstract
Figurative language processing (e.g. metaphors) is commonly impaired in schizophrenia. In the present study, we investigated the neural activity and propagation of information within neural circuits related to the figurative speech, as a neural substrate of impaired conventional metaphor processing in schizophrenia. The study included 30 schizophrenia outpatients and 30 healthy controls, all of whom were assessed with a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) punchline-based metaphor comprehension task including literal (neutral), figurative (metaphorical) and nonsense (absurd) endings. The blood oxygenation level-dependent signal was recorded with 3T MRI scanner and direction and strength of cortical information flow in the time course of task processing was estimated with a 64-channel EEG input for directed transfer function. The presented results revealed that the behavioral manifestation of impaired figurative language in schizophrenia is related to the hypofunction in the bilateral fronto-temporo-parietal brain regions (fMRI) and various differences in effective connectivity in the fronto-temporo-parietal circuit (EEG). Schizophrenia outpatients showed an abnormal pattern of connectivity during metaphor processing which was related to bilateral (but more pronounced at the left hemisphere) hypoactivation of the brain. Moreover, we found reversed lateralization patterns, i.e. a rightward-shifted pattern during metaphor processing in schizophrenia compared to the control group. In conclusion, the presented findings revealed that the impairment of the conventional metaphor processing in schizophrenia is related to the bilateral brain hypofunction, which supports the evidence on reversed lateralization of the language neural network and the existence of compensatory recruitment of alternative neural circuits in schizophrenia.
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