Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers

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Torres Prioris, María José; López Barroso, Diana; Càmara, Estela; Fittipaldi, María Sol; Sedeño, Lucas; Ibañez, Agustin Mariano; Berthier, Marcelo L.; García, Adolfo Martín
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2020
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Despite its prolific growth, neurolinguistic research on phonemic sequencing has largely neglected the study of individuals with highly developed skills in this domain. To bridge this gap, we report multidimensional signatures of two experts in backward speech, that is, the capacity to produce utterances by reversing the order of phonemes while retaining their identity. Our approach included behavioral assessments of backward and forward speech alongside neuroimaging measures of voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging, and resting-state functional connectivity. Relative to controls, both backward speakers exhibited behavioral advantages for reversing words and sentences of varying complexity, irrespective of working memory skills. These patterns were accompanied by increased grey matter volume, higher mean diffusivity, and enhanced functional connectivity along dorsal and ventral stream regions mediating phonological and other linguistic operations, with complementary support of areas subserving associative-visual and domain-general processes. Still, the specific loci of these neural patterns differed between both subjects, suggesting individual variability in the correlates of expert backward speech. Taken together, our results offer new vistas on the domain of phonemic sequencing, while illuminating neuroplastic patterns underlying extraordinary language abilities.
Fil: Torres Prioris, María José. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: López Barroso, Diana. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: Càmara, Estela. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: Fittipaldi, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; Argentina
Fil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile
Fil: Berthier, Marcelo L.. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
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PHONEMIC SEQUENCING
BACKWARD SPEECH
VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING
RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
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spelling Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakersTorres Prioris, María JoséLópez Barroso, DianaCàmara, EstelaFittipaldi, María SolSedeño, LucasIbañez, Agustin MarianoBerthier, Marcelo L.García, Adolfo MartínPHONEMIC SEQUENCINGBACKWARD SPEECHVOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRYDIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGINGRESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Despite its prolific growth, neurolinguistic research on phonemic sequencing has largely neglected the study of individuals with highly developed skills in this domain. To bridge this gap, we report multidimensional signatures of two experts in backward speech, that is, the capacity to produce utterances by reversing the order of phonemes while retaining their identity. Our approach included behavioral assessments of backward and forward speech alongside neuroimaging measures of voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging, and resting-state functional connectivity. Relative to controls, both backward speakers exhibited behavioral advantages for reversing words and sentences of varying complexity, irrespective of working memory skills. These patterns were accompanied by increased grey matter volume, higher mean diffusivity, and enhanced functional connectivity along dorsal and ventral stream regions mediating phonological and other linguistic operations, with complementary support of areas subserving associative-visual and domain-general processes. Still, the specific loci of these neural patterns differed between both subjects, suggesting individual variability in the correlates of expert backward speech. Taken together, our results offer new vistas on the domain of phonemic sequencing, while illuminating neuroplastic patterns underlying extraordinary language abilities.Fil: Torres Prioris, María José. Universidad de Málaga; EspañaFil: López Barroso, Diana. Universidad de Málaga; EspañaFil: Càmara, Estela. Universidad de Málaga; EspañaFil: Fittipaldi, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; ArgentinaFil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; ArgentinaFil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; ChileFil: Berthier, Marcelo L.. Universidad de Málaga; EspañaFil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; ChileNature Publishing Group2020-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/151468Torres Prioris, María José; López Barroso, Diana; Càmara, Estela; Fittipaldi, María Sol; Sedeño, Lucas; et al.; Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers; Nature Publishing Group; Scientific Reports; 10; 1; 6-2020; 10621-106212045-23222045-2322CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67551-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-020-67551-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-11-05T09:52:13Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/151468instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-11-05 09:52:13.85CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
title Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
spellingShingle Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
Torres Prioris, María José
PHONEMIC SEQUENCING
BACKWARD SPEECH
VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING
RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
title_short Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
title_full Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
title_fullStr Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
title_full_unstemmed Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
title_sort Neurocognitive signatures of phonemic sequencing in expert backward speakers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torres Prioris, María José
López Barroso, Diana
Càmara, Estela
Fittipaldi, María Sol
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Berthier, Marcelo L.
García, Adolfo Martín
author Torres Prioris, María José
author_facet Torres Prioris, María José
López Barroso, Diana
Càmara, Estela
Fittipaldi, María Sol
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Berthier, Marcelo L.
García, Adolfo Martín
author_role author
author2 López Barroso, Diana
Càmara, Estela
Fittipaldi, María Sol
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
Berthier, Marcelo L.
García, Adolfo Martín
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv PHONEMIC SEQUENCING
BACKWARD SPEECH
VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING
RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
topic PHONEMIC SEQUENCING
BACKWARD SPEECH
VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING
RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Despite its prolific growth, neurolinguistic research on phonemic sequencing has largely neglected the study of individuals with highly developed skills in this domain. To bridge this gap, we report multidimensional signatures of two experts in backward speech, that is, the capacity to produce utterances by reversing the order of phonemes while retaining their identity. Our approach included behavioral assessments of backward and forward speech alongside neuroimaging measures of voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging, and resting-state functional connectivity. Relative to controls, both backward speakers exhibited behavioral advantages for reversing words and sentences of varying complexity, irrespective of working memory skills. These patterns were accompanied by increased grey matter volume, higher mean diffusivity, and enhanced functional connectivity along dorsal and ventral stream regions mediating phonological and other linguistic operations, with complementary support of areas subserving associative-visual and domain-general processes. Still, the specific loci of these neural patterns differed between both subjects, suggesting individual variability in the correlates of expert backward speech. Taken together, our results offer new vistas on the domain of phonemic sequencing, while illuminating neuroplastic patterns underlying extraordinary language abilities.
Fil: Torres Prioris, María José. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: López Barroso, Diana. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: Càmara, Estela. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: Fittipaldi, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; Argentina
Fil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt | Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional. Fundación Ineco Rosario Sede del Incyt; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile
Fil: Berthier, Marcelo L.. Universidad de Málaga; España
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. University of California; Estados Unidos. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
description Despite its prolific growth, neurolinguistic research on phonemic sequencing has largely neglected the study of individuals with highly developed skills in this domain. To bridge this gap, we report multidimensional signatures of two experts in backward speech, that is, the capacity to produce utterances by reversing the order of phonemes while retaining their identity. Our approach included behavioral assessments of backward and forward speech alongside neuroimaging measures of voxel-based morphometry, diffusion tensor imaging, and resting-state functional connectivity. Relative to controls, both backward speakers exhibited behavioral advantages for reversing words and sentences of varying complexity, irrespective of working memory skills. These patterns were accompanied by increased grey matter volume, higher mean diffusivity, and enhanced functional connectivity along dorsal and ventral stream regions mediating phonological and other linguistic operations, with complementary support of areas subserving associative-visual and domain-general processes. Still, the specific loci of these neural patterns differed between both subjects, suggesting individual variability in the correlates of expert backward speech. Taken together, our results offer new vistas on the domain of phonemic sequencing, while illuminating neuroplastic patterns underlying extraordinary language abilities.
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