Neural development of networks for audiovisual speech comprehension

Brain and Language

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-114

  Dick, Anthony Steven ^a   Solodkin, Ana ^a   Small, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiovisual speech; Development; FMRI; Inferior frontal gyrus; Language; Pars opercularis; Posterior superior temporal sulcus; Structural equation models; Supramarginal gyrus; Ventral premotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955054781     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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