The functional neuroanatomy of serial order in language

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-15

  Boeckx, Cedric ^a,b   Martinez Alvarez, Anna ^b   Leivada, Evelina ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biolinguistics; Broca's area; Language; Linearization; Neurolinguistics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EXTREME CAPSULE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; PHYLOGENY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WERNICKE AREA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906272675     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2014.07.001     Document Type: Review

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