fMRI of syntactic processing in typically developing children: Structural correlates in the inferior frontal gyrus

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-323

  Nuñez, S Christopher ^a   Dapretto, Mirella ^b,c   Katzir, Tami ^a,d   Starr, Ariel ^a   Bramen, Jennifer ^a,b   Kan, Eric ^a   Bookheimer, Susan ^b   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Culture Brain and Development   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

fMRI; language; Lateralization; Multimodal; Syntax; Typical development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL TASK; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SKILL; THICKNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79958056400     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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