Nouns and verbs in the brain: Grammatical class and task specific effects as revealed by fMRI

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 528-558

  Berlingeri, Manuela ^a   Crepaldi, Davide ^a   Roberti, Rossella ^a   Scialfa, Giuseppe ^b   Luzzatti, Claudio ^a   Paulesu, Eraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunction and interaction analysis; fMRI; Neuroimaging; Noun and verb retrieval; Task demand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49749132362     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701674943     Document Type: Article

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