fMRI study of language lateralization in children and adults

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-212

  Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Holland, Scott K ^b   Schmithorst, Vincent J ^b   Byars, Anna W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; fMRI; Handedness; Language lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERB GENERATION TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645214008     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20177     Document Type: Article

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