What does the frontomedian cortex contribute to language processing: Coherence or theory of mind?

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1599-1612

  Ferstl, Evelyn C ^a   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherence; Frontomedian cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Text comprehension; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036429251     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1247     Document Type: Article

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