The effect of semantic relatedness on syntactic analysis: An fMRI study

Brain and Language

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Newman, Sharlene D ^a   Ikuta, Toshikazu ^a   Burns Jr , Thomas ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Semantics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951497847     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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