Exploring the neural dynamics underpinning individual differences in sentence comprehension

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1747-1760

  Prat, Chantel S ^a   Just, Marcel Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical dynamics; fMRI; individual differences; language; syntax; vocabulary size; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEURONS; READING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960702817     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq241     Document Type: Article

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