Language experience shapes fusiform activation when processing a logographic artificial language: An fMRI training study

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1315-1326

  Xue, Gui ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^b   Jin, Zhen ^c   Dong, Qi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese language; fMRI; Fusiform; Language learning; Logographic artificial language; Phonology; Semantics; Visual form; VWFA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHINESE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KOREA; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SEX RATIO; SOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33744939447     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.055     Document Type: Article

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