Mapping Syntax Using Imaging: Problems and Prospects for the Study of Neurolinguistic Computation

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 484-486

  Embick, D ^a   Poeppel, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

BA44 45; Broca's area; FMRI; Language; Mental computation; Neuroimaging; Neurolinguistics; PET; Psycholinguistics; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882889916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/02400-7     Document Type: Chapter

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