Polysyllabic pseudo-word processing in reading and lexical decision: Converging evidence from behavioral data, connectionist simulations and functional MRI

Brain Research

Volumn 1085, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-162

  Valdois, S ^a   Carbonnel, S ^a,b   Juphard, A ^a,b   Baciu, M ^a   Ans, B ^a   Peyrin, C ^a   Segebarth, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Connectionist modelling; fMRI; Length effect; Lexical decision; Pseudo word; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 33646746180     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.049     Document Type: Article

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