Positron Emission Tomographic Studies of the Cortical Anatomy of Single-word Processing

Overview

Journal Nature

Specialty Science

Date 1988 Feb 18

PMID 3277066

Citations 423

Authors

S E Petersen

P T Fox

M I Posner

M Mintun

M E Raichle

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Abstract

The use of positron emission tomography to measure regional changes in average blood flow during processing of individual auditory and visual words provides support for multiple, parallel routes between localized sensory-specific, phonological, articulatory and semantic-coding areas.

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