Negative and affirmative sentences increase activation in different areas in the brain

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Christensen, Ken Ramshøj ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BA 40; BA 6; Cingulate gyrus; Default mode; fMRI; Negation; Polarity; Premotor; Supramarginal gyrus; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 56749106400     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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