Toward a neural theory of language: Old issues and new perspectives

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-327

  Grimaldi, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain functional anatomic organization; Cognitive neuroscience; Linguistic theory; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTUITION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHONETICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY;

EID: 84860919554     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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