Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)
Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) Jeffrey S. Anderson, MD, PhD Key Facts Design Block design 4- to 6-minute task (6 blocks of 20-30 seconds) Stimuli Auditory PASAT: Present a…
Foot Motion
Foot Motion Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Imaging Anatomy Foot/ankle movement results in robust activity within cortex about superior termination of central sulcus in paracentral lobule Supplementary motor activation…
Passive Reading
Passive Reading Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Primarily for localization of language comprehension areas in dominant hemisphere region of posterior superior temporal gyrus/parietal angular gyrus (Wernicke…
Unilateral/Bilateral Hand Motion
Unilateral/Bilateral Hand Motion Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Imaging Anatomy Unilateral sequential finger tapping results in robust activity within cortex surrounding superior lateral central sulcus in expected somatotopic location…
Silent Verb Generation
Silent Verb Generation Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Fluency-verb generation task produces consistent activation of both frontal and posterior language areas Broca area classically located in…
Picture/Object Naming
Picture/Object Naming Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Terminology Intended to activate speech and language cortical functions for language lateralization Localization of inferior frontal and posterior parietal temporal speech and…
Phrase Recognition
Phrase Recognition Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Syntactic processing predominantly shows brain activity in left hemisphere Sentence processing associated with expanded activation of frontal operculum and…
Sentence Completion
Sentence Completion Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Terminology Visual language comprehension task for language localization Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Language localization in Broca area (inferior frontal gyrus) and Wernicke area…
Parahippocampal Gyrus (Areas 28, 34, 35, 36)
Parahippocampal Gyrus (Areas 28, 34, 35, 36) Jared A. Nielsen, PhD Jeffrey S. Anderson, MD, PhD Key Facts Location and Boundaries Areas 28, 34, 35, 36: Located on parahippocampal gyrus,…
