The effect of Fast ForWord training on brain activation during temporal information processing: an fMRI study

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Event Abstract Back to Event The effect of Fast ForWord training on brain activation during temporal information processing: an fMRI study Monika Lewandowska1*, Ewa Piatkowska - Janko2, Piotr Bogorodzki2, Tomasz Wolak3 and Elzbieta Szelag1, 4 1 Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Poland 2 Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Poland 3 Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Poland 4 Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland Neuropsychological evidence has suggested that parallel deficits in temporal information processing and language can be reduced following the application of Fast ForWord training. The goal of this study was to examine, using fMRI, changes in brain activation during temporal processing after Fast ForWord training in 11 healthy volunteers without any language deficits. The training was applied for ca. 8 weeks with four 1-hour sessions per week. Temporal processing was assessed twice, i.e. ‘before’ and ‘after’ the training with Temporal Order Judgment task. Accordingly, volunteers were asked to report the order of two sounds presented in rapid succession with an Inter-Stimulus-Interval of either 160 ms (easy condition), 60 ms (medium condition) or 10 ms (difficult condition). Brain activations during temporal processing for particular conditions ‘before vs. after’and ‘after vs. before’the training were compared using paired sample t-tests from SPM5. ‘Before vs. after’comparisons resulted in following activations: (1) easy condition - left cerebellum, (2) medium condition - cerebellum and insula bilaterally, left thalamus and putamen, moreover, bilaterally selected areas of the temporal, frontal and parietal lobes, (3) difficult condition - left insula and the left temporal, frontal and parietal gyri. ‘After vs. before’; comparisons showed no significant differences for any condition, indicating a lack of increased activation ‘after vs. before’ the training. These results support the involvement of mentioned structures in timing, moreover, suggest decreased brain activation in timing after Fast ForWord training. We thank Scientific Learning from Oakland USA for the opportunity to use the Fast forWord training in our research. Supported by the grant MSHE no.: 1082/P01/2006/31 Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster presentations Citation: Lewandowska M, Piatkowska - Janko E, Bogorodzki P, Wolak T and Szelag E (2009). The effect of Fast ForWord training on brain activation during temporal information processing: an fMRI study. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.219 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 11 Jun 2009; Published Online: 11 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Monika Lewandowska, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Granz, Poland, m.lewandowska@nencki.gov.pl Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Monika Lewandowska Ewa Piatkowska - Janko Piotr Bogorodzki Tomasz Wolak Elzbieta Szelag Google Monika Lewandowska Ewa Piatkowska - Janko Piotr Bogorodzki Tomasz Wolak Elzbieta Szelag Google Scholar Monika Lewandowska Ewa Piatkowska - Janko Piotr Bogorodzki Tomasz Wolak Elzbieta Szelag PubMed Monika Lewandowska Ewa Piatkowska - Janko Piotr Bogorodzki Tomasz Wolak Elzbieta Szelag Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.