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Reward-related regions play a role in natural story comprehension.

Authors :
Kobo O
Yeshurun Y
Schonberg T
Source :
IScience [iScience] 2024 Apr 29; Vol. 27 (6), pp. 109844. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 29 (Print Publication: 2024).
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The reward system was shown to be involved in a wide array of processes. Nevertheless, the exploration of the involvement of the reward system during language processing has not yet been directly tested. We investigated the role of reward-processing regions while listening to a natural story. We utilized a published dataset in which half of the participants listened to a natural story and the others listened to a scrambled version of it to compare the functional MRI signals in the reward system between these conditions and discovered a distinct pattern between conditions. This suggests that the reward system is activated during the comprehension of natural stories. We also show evidence that the fMRI signals in reward-related areas might potentially correlate with the predictability level of processed sentences. Further research is needed to determine the nature of the involvement and the way the activity interacts with various aspects of the sentences.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.<br /> (© 2024 The Authors.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2589-0042
Volume :
27
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
IScience
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38832026
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109844