A cultural effect on brain function

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-96

  Paulesu, E ^a   McCrory, E ^b   Fazio, F ^a   Menoncello, L ^a   Brunswick, N ^c   Cappa, S F ^d,e   Cotelli, M ^d   Cossu, G ^f   Corte, F ^f   Lorusso, M ^g   Pesenti, S ^g   Gallagher, A ^b   Perani, D ^a   Price, C ^c   Frith, C D ^c   Frith, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOUND; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033998621     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/71163     Document Type: Article

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