Who did what to whom? The neural basis of argument hierarchies during language comprehension

NeuroImage

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-233

  Bornkessel, Ina ^a   Zysset, Stefan ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^a   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a   Schlesewsky, Matthias ^b  

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

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argument hierarchies; Inferior frontal gyrus; Language comprehension; Linearization; Semantic roles; Superior temporal sulcus; Syntax semantics interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 18044394957     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.01.032     Document Type: Article

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