fMRI studies on drawing revealed two new neural correlates that coincide with the language network.

摘要

The neural bases of drawing have long been investigated in brain damage patients since the seminal works by Kleist on constructional apraxia (Kleist, 1923, 1934), but approaches to this skill using modern neuroimaging methods are, unfortunately, still rare. This is in marked contrast to the rise in the number of studies on musical ability using various brain imaging techniques. In this commentary, I focus on the findings on the brain mechanisms of drawing from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies on healthy volunteers.