Language, music, syntax and the brain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 674-681

  Patel, Aniruddh ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOUND;

APHASIA; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MUSIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037482920     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1082     Document Type: Review

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