TY - JOUR AU - Nakahachi, Takayuki AU - Ishii, Ryouhei AU - Canuet, Leonides AU - Takahashi, Hidetoshi AU - Ishitobi, Makoto AU - Kamio, Yoko AU - Iwase, Masao PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/24 TI - Cortical activation patterns in healthy subjects during the traditional Japanese word generation task Shiritori determined by multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy JO - Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology SP - 2 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Shiritori is a traditional Japanese game based on word generation to letters (WGL). This game is familiar to most Japanese people, young and old. Previous functional neuroimaging studies using magnetoencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging suggested that compared to conventional WGL, Shiritori could activate broader cortical areas, including the frontal lobe and the superior temporal cortex in healthy subjects. These studies were conducted under restricted experimental conditions without overt speech, that prevented the subjects from performing naturally the Shiritori task. The present study aims to determine cortical activation patterns in healthy subjects during the Shiritori task with overt speech. SN - 2055-4788 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40810-016-0016-1 DO - 10.1186/s40810-016-0016-1 ID - Nakahachi2016 ER -