Neural bases of rapid word learning

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-319

  Shtyrov, Yury ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain; cortex; electroencephalography; event related potential; fast mapping; functional magnetic resonance imaging; language; lexical memory trace; neuroimaging; positron emission tomography; word

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84864367791     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411420299     Document Type: Article

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