An fMRI study of syntactic layers: Sentential and lexical aspects of embedding

NeuroImage

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 707-716

  Shetreet, Einat ^a   Friedmann, Naama ^a   Hadar, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embedding; Hebrew; Lexicon; MTG; Neurolinguistics; Precuneus; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049101859     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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