Dissociable patterns of brain activity during comprehension of rapid and syntactically complex speech: Evidence from fMRI

Brain and Language

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-325

  Peelle, Jonathan E ^a   McMillan, Corey ^b   Moore, Peachie ^b   Grossman, Murray ^b   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; fMRI; Language; Processing speed; Sentence comprehension; Speech rate; Syntax; Time compressed speech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROMOTER REGION; SPEECH;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 7744226575     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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