Distributed cortical networks for syntax processing: Broca's area as the common denominator

Brain and Language

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 402-408

  Heim, St ^a   Opitz, B ^b   Friederici, A D ^a  

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

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broca's area; fMRI; Gender; Language comprehension; Syntax; Word category

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0038028738     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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