Language lateralization in individuals with callosal agenesis: An fMRI study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1987-1995

  Pelletier, Isabelle ^a,b   Paquette, Natacha ^a,b   Lepore, Franco ^a,b   Rouleau, Isabelle ^c   Sauerwein, Catherine H ^a,b   Rosa, Christine ^a,b   Leroux, Jean Maxime ^d   Gravel, Pierre ^d   Valois, Katja ^c   Andermann, Frederick ^e   Saint Amour, Dave ^a,b,c   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; FMRI; Language lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE LATERALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; SPEECH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956090121     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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