Common and distinct neural substrates for pragmatic, semantic, and syntactic processing of spoken sentences: An fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-341

  Kuperberg, Gina R ^a,b   McGuire, P K ^a   Bullmore, E T ^c   Brammer, M J ^a   Rabe Hesketh, S ^a   Wright, I C ^a   Lythgoe, D J ^a   Williams, S C R ^a   David, A S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034012189     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892900562138     Document Type: Article

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