Neural correlates of temporal auditory processing in developmental dyslexia during German vowel length discrimination: An fMRI study

Brain and Language

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Steinbrink, Claudia ^a   Groth, Katarina ^b,c   Lachmann, Thomas ^a   Riecker, Axel ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Developmental dyslexia; Discrimination; FMRI; German language; Inferior frontal gyrus; Insular cortex; Phonological processing; Temporal processing; Vowel length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHONETICS; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858290155     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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