Clustering the Lexicon in the brain: A meta-analysis of the neurofunctional evidence on noun and verb processing

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Crepaldi, Davide ^a   Berlingeri, Manuela ^a   Cattinelli, Isabella ^b   Borghese, Nunzio Alberto ^b   Luzzatti, Claudio ^a   Paulesu, Eraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clustering algorithm; Left inferior frontal gyrus; Meta analysis; Neuroimaging; Noun verb dissociation; Task demand

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 84933670795     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00303     Document Type: Article

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