Identifying critical language planning regions with direct electrical brain stimulation
Castellucci, G. A.; Kovach, C. K.; Tabasi, F.; Christianson, D.; Greenlee, J. D.; Long, M. A.
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Many brain areas exhibit activity correlated with language planning1-9, but the impact of these dynamics on spoken interaction remains unclear. Here we use direct electrical stimulation to transiently perturb cortical function in neurosurgical patient-volunteers performing a question-answer task10. Stimulating structures involved in speech motor function evoked diverse articulatory deficits, while perturbations of caudal inferior and middle frontal gyri - which exhibit preparatory activity during conversational turn-taking - led to response errors. Perturbation of the same planning-related frontal regions slowed inter-speaker timing, while faster responses could result from stimulation of sites located in other areas. Taken together, these findings further indicate that caudal inferior and middle frontal gyri constitute a critical planning network essential for interactive language use1.
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