Distinguishing the processing of gestures from signs in deaf individuals: An fMRI study

Brain Research

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2009, Pages 140-150

  Husain, Fatima T ^a,b   Patkin, Debra J ^a   Thai Van, Hung ^a   Braun, Allen R ^a   Horwitz, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Brain; Categorization; Deaf; fMRI; Gesture; Linguistic; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349168707     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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