A linear structural equation model for covert verb generation based on independent component analysis of fMRI data from children and adolescents

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2011, 2011, Pages

  Karunanayaka, Prasanna ^a   Schmithorst, Vincent J ^b   Vannest, Jennifer ^b   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b,c   Plante, Elena ^d   Holland, Scott K ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Child; fMRI; Functional neuroimaging; Language; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; MALE; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84855196108     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00029     Document Type: Article

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