Neural indicators of inference processes in text comprehension: An event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2110-2124

  Friese, Uwe ^a   Rutschmann, Roland ^b   Raabe, Markus ^b   Schmalhofer, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALIDITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949134993     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20141     Document Type: Article

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