Different cortical activity in reading of Kanji words, Kana words and Kana nonwords

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Momose, Toshimitsu ^b   Iwata, Makoto ^c   Sudo, Yasuhiko ^b   Ohtomo, Kuni ^b   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^b  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Fusiform gyrus; Kana; Kanji; Positron emission tomography; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; MALE; PHONETICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033979045     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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