Modulation of the lexical-semantic network by auditory semantic priming: An event-related functional MRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1761-1772

  Kotz, Sonja A ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Von Cramon, D Y ^a   Friederici, A D ^a  

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

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory word processing; Hemispheric lateralization; Lexical decision; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036944576     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2002.1316     Document Type: Article

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