Asyntactic comprehension, working memory, and acute ischemia in Broca's area versus angular gyrus

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1288-1297

  Newhart, Melissa ^a   Trupe, Lydia A ^a   Gomez, Yessenia ^a   Cloutman, Lauren ^a,b   Molitoris, J Jarred ^c   Davis, Cameron ^a   Leigh, Richard ^a   Gottesman, Rebecca F ^a   Race, David ^a   Hillis, Argye E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Asyntactic comprehension; Broca's area; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84867140575     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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