Hemispheric specialization for language

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Josse, Goulven ^a   Tzourio Mazoyer, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Grp d'Imagerie N   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Gender; Handedness; Hemispheric specialization; Language; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACOUSTICS; APHASIA; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UTERUS;

EID: 1642452718     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2003.10.001     Document Type: Review

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