Functional neural networks of semantic and syntactic processes in the developing brain

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1609-1623

  Brauer, Jens ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 35148843207     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.10.1609     Document Type: Article

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