The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in language processing revisited: Evidence from an individual with ATL resection

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 575-587

  Bi, Yanchao ^a   Wei, Tao ^a   Wu, Chenxing ^b   Han, Zaizhu ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b   Caramazza, Alfonso ^c,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobe; Category specific; Conceptual representation; Naming; Resection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952700197     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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