Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception

doi:10.1038/s42003-025-07466-5

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	Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception
	Zheng, Yuanyi 1; Zhang, Jianfeng 1; Yang, Yang 2,3; Xu, Min 1
通讯作者	Xu, Min(xumin@szu.edu.cn)
摘要	Speech processing involves a complex interplay between sensory and motor systems in the brain, essential for early language development. Recent studies have extended this sensory-motor interaction to visual word processing, emphasizing the connection between reading and handwriting during literacy acquisition. Here we show how language-motor areas encode motoric and sensory features of language stimuli during auditory and visual perception, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) combined with representational similarity analysis. Chinese-speaking adults completed tasks involving the perception of spoken syllables and written characters, alongside syllable articulation and finger writing tasks to localize speech-motor and writing-motor areas. We found that both language-motor and sensory areas generally encode production-related motoric features across modalities, indicating cooperative interactions between motor and sensory systems. Notably, sensory encoding within sensorimotor areas was observed during auditory speech perception, but not in visual character perception. These findings underscore the dual encoding capacities of language-motor areas, revealing both shared and distinct neural representation patterns across modalities, which may be linked to innate sensory-motor mechanisms and modality-specific processing demands. Our results shed light on the sensorimotor integration mechanisms underlying language perception, highlighting the importance of a cross-modality perspective.
	2025-01-11
语种	英语
DOI	10.1038/s42003-025-07466-5
发表期刊	COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
卷号	8 期号:1 页码:15
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)[32171054] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)[32400865] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)[32271120] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[RCYX20210706092043066] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[2023SHIBS0003] ; Shenzhen Innovation in Science and Technology Foundation for The Excellent Youth Scholars
出版者	NATURE PORTFOLIO
WOS关键词	SPEECH-PERCEPTION ; FUNCTIONAL MRI ; HANDWRITING EXPERIENCE ; ARTICULATORY FEATURES ; PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN ; CHINESE CHARACTERS ; BRAIN-REGIONS ; COUPLED FMRI ; CONNECTIVITY ; RECOGNITION
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Biology ; Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001394550400004
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Shenzhen Innovation in Science and Technology Foundation for The Excellent Youth Scholars
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48633
通讯作者	Xu, Min
作者单位	1.Shenzhen Univ, Sch Psychol, Shenzhen, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Ctr Brain Sci & Learning Difficulties, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zheng, Yuanyi,Zhang, Jianfeng,Yang, Yang,et al. Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception[J]. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,2025,8(1):15.
APA	Zheng, Yuanyi,Zhang, Jianfeng,Yang, Yang,&Xu, Min.(2025).Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception.COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,8(1),15.
MLA	Zheng, Yuanyi,et al."Neural representation of sensorimotor features in language-motor areas during auditory and visual perception".COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 8.1(2025):15.