Distinctive neural signatures for negative sentences in Hindi: An fMRI study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-101

  Kumar, Uttam ^a   Padakannaya, Prakash ^b   Mishra, Ramesh K ^c   Khetrapal, C L ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Affirmative sentence; Anterior temporal pole; fMRI; Hindi; Negative sentence; Target probe semantic judgment task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HINDI; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84876944134     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9198-8     Document Type: Article

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