Spatiotemporal and frequency signatures of noun and verb processing: A wavelet-based beamformer study

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 648-657

  Xiang, Jing ^a   Xiao, Zheng ^b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain function; Language; Magnetoencephalography; Neuropsychology; Nouns; Verbs; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 74949089277     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802448651     Document Type: Article

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