Imaging semantics and syntax

NeuroImage

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 427-431

  Cappa, Stefano F ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Language; Semantics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84860754565     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.006     Document Type: Review

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