Cortical representation of verbs with optional complements: The theoretical contribution of fMRI

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 770-785

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fusiform gyrus; Lexicon; Neurolinguistics; Precuneus; Syntax; Wernicke's area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951595678     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20904     Document Type: Article

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