The Declarative/Procedural Model: A Neurobiological Model of Language Learning, Knowledge, and Use

Neurobiology of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 953-968

  Ullman, Michael T ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Basal ganglia; Caudate nucleus; Declarative memory; Dorsal stream; Event related potentials; Explicit; FMRI; Grammar; Hippocampus; Implicit; Lexical memory; Lexicon; Medial temporal lobe; Morphology; Neuroimaging; Perirhinal cortex; Phonology; Procedural memory; Redundancy; Seesaw effect; Semantics; Specific language impairment; Striatal; Striatum; Syntax; Ventral stream; Vocabulary; Working memory

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EID: 85072160747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00076-6     Document Type: Chapter

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