Neural Correlates of Bridging Inferences and Coherence Processing

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-321

  Kim, Sung il ^a   Yoon, Misun ^b   Kim, Wonsik ^c   Lee, Sunyoung ^a   Kang, Eunjoo ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bridging inference; Coherence processing; Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC); Middle temporal gyrus; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Story comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862487754     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-011-9185-z     Document Type: Article

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