Sentence syntax and content in the human temporal lobe: An fMRI adaptation study in auditory and visual modalities

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1000-1012

  Devauchelle, Anne Dominique ^a,b,c   Oppenheim, Catherine ^d   Rizzi, Luigi ^e   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,b,f   Pallier, Christophe ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049100239     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21070     Document Type: Article

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