The "handwriting brain": A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies of motor versus orthographic processes

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2772-2787

  Planton, Samuel ^a,b,c   Jucla, Mélanie ^c   Roux, Franck Emmanuel ^a,b   Démonet, Jean François ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse II Le Mirail   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional neuroimaging; Handwriting; Meta analysis; Spelling

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTRAST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HANDWRITING; META-ANALYSIS; SPELLING;

AGRAPHIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROIMAGING; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84889657855     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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