The role of the posterior superior temporal cortex in sentence comprehension

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 563-568

  Friederici, Angela D ^a   Makuuchi, Michiru ^a   Bahlmann, Jörg ^a  

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

Author keywords

Language comprehension; Superior temporal gyrus; Syntax semantic interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049096392     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283297dee     Document Type: Article

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