Behavioral and neural effects of training and word class in object and action naming in healthy subjects: Evidence from fMRI

From the methodological perspective, we validated the use of a recently introduced multivariate searchlight pattern classification method for the analysis of training effects in language studies. We found that, compared to the standard GLM method, the searchlight analysis has comparable and, in some cases, greater sensitivity in localizing BOLD signal changes, and thus it represents a promising complementary tool in studies of training. "