Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words
Reading fluency is based on the automatic visual recognition of words. As a manifestation of the automatic processing of words, an automatic deviance detection of visual word stimuli can be observed in the early stages of visual recognition. To clarify whether this phenomenon occurs with Japanese ka...
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| author | Yuka Egashira Yoshimi Kaga Yoshimi Kaga Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Yosuke Kita Yosuke Kita Motohiro Kimura Naruhito Hironaga Hiroshige Takeichi Hiroshige Takeichi Sayuri Hayashi Yuu Kaneko Hidetoshi Takahashi Hidetoshi Takahashi Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Okada Masumi Inagaki Masumi Inagaki |
| author_facet | Yuka Egashira Yoshimi Kaga Yoshimi Kaga Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Yosuke Kita Yosuke Kita Motohiro Kimura Naruhito Hironaga Hiroshige Takeichi Hiroshige Takeichi Sayuri Hayashi Yuu Kaneko Hidetoshi Takahashi Hidetoshi Takahashi Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Okada Masumi Inagaki Masumi Inagaki |
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| description | Reading fluency is based on the automatic visual recognition of words. As a manifestation of the automatic processing of words, an automatic deviance detection of visual word stimuli can be observed in the early stages of visual recognition. To clarify whether this phenomenon occurs with Japanese kanji compounds—since their lexicality is related to semantic association—we investigated the brain response by utilizing three types of deviants: differences in font type, lexically correct or incorrect Japanese kanji compound words and pseudo-kanji characters modified from correct and incorrect compounds. We employed magnetoencephalography (MEG) to evaluate the spatiotemporal profiles of the related brain regions. The study included 22 adult native Japanese speakers (16 females). The abovementioned three kinds of stimuli containing 20% deviants were presented during the MEG measurement. Activity in the occipital pole region of the brain was observed upon the detection of font-type deviance within 250 ms of stimulus onset. Although no significant activity upon detecting lexically correct/incorrect kanji compounds or pseudo-kanji character deviations was observed, the activity in the posterior transverse region of the collateral sulcus (pCoS)—which is a fusiform neighboring area—was larger when detecting lexically correct kanji compounds than when detecting pseudo-kanji characters. Taken together, these results support the notion that the automatic detection of deviance in kanji compounds may be limited to a low-level feature, such as the stimulus stroke thickness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9194ab2164ab40a1b44c81eeac05ce162022-12-22T04:00:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612022-08-011610.3389/fnhum.2022.913945913945Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound wordsYuka Egashira0Yoshimi Kaga1Yoshimi Kaga2Atsuko Gunji3Atsuko Gunji4Atsuko Gunji5Yosuke Kita6Yosuke Kita7Motohiro Kimura8Naruhito Hironaga9Hiroshige Takeichi10Hiroshige Takeichi11Sayuri Hayashi12Yuu Kaneko13Hidetoshi Takahashi14Hidetoshi Takahashi15Takashi Hanakawa16Takashi Hanakawa17Takashi Okada18Masumi Inagaki19Masumi Inagaki20Department of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanCollege of Education, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, JapanIntegrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanCognitive Brain Research Unit (CBRU), Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, Minato-ku, JapanDepartment of Information Technology and Human Factors, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, JapanBrain Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanOpen Systems Information Science Team, Advanced Data Science Project, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters (R-IH), RIKEN, Yokohama, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Japan0Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanIntegrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Japan1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku-shi, JapanIntegrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Japan2Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, JapanDepartment of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Kodaira, Japan3Department of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, Tottori, JapanReading fluency is based on the automatic visual recognition of words. As a manifestation of the automatic processing of words, an automatic deviance detection of visual word stimuli can be observed in the early stages of visual recognition. To clarify whether this phenomenon occurs with Japanese kanji compounds—since their lexicality is related to semantic association—we investigated the brain response by utilizing three types of deviants: differences in font type, lexically correct or incorrect Japanese kanji compound words and pseudo-kanji characters modified from correct and incorrect compounds. We employed magnetoencephalography (MEG) to evaluate the spatiotemporal profiles of the related brain regions. The study included 22 adult native Japanese speakers (16 females). The abovementioned three kinds of stimuli containing 20% deviants were presented during the MEG measurement. Activity in the occipital pole region of the brain was observed upon the detection of font-type deviance within 250 ms of stimulus onset. Although no significant activity upon detecting lexically correct/incorrect kanji compounds or pseudo-kanji character deviations was observed, the activity in the posterior transverse region of the collateral sulcus (pCoS)—which is a fusiform neighboring area—was larger when detecting lexically correct kanji compounds than when detecting pseudo-kanji characters. Taken together, these results support the notion that the automatic detection of deviance in kanji compounds may be limited to a low-level feature, such as the stimulus stroke thickness.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.913945/fullvisual word processingkanji compoundsMEGreading abilityparafoveal visionlexical processing |
| spellingShingle | Yuka Egashira Yoshimi Kaga Yoshimi Kaga Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Atsuko Gunji Yosuke Kita Yosuke Kita Motohiro Kimura Naruhito Hironaga Hiroshige Takeichi Hiroshige Takeichi Sayuri Hayashi Yuu Kaneko Hidetoshi Takahashi Hidetoshi Takahashi Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Hanakawa Takashi Okada Masumi Inagaki Masumi Inagaki Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words Frontiers in Human Neuroscience visual word processing kanji compounds MEG reading ability parafoveal vision lexical processing |
| title | Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words |
| title_full | Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words |
| title_fullStr | Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words |
| title_short | Detection of deviance in Japanese kanji compound words |
| title_sort | detection of deviance in japanese kanji compound words |
| topic | visual word processing kanji compounds MEG reading ability parafoveal vision lexical processing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.913945/full |
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