The functional neuroanatomy of comprehension and memory: The importance of prior knowledge

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1839-1850

  Maguire, E A ^a   Frith, C D ^b   Morris, R G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comprehension; Medial parietal; PET; Prior knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032852673     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.10.1839     Document Type: Article

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