Functional MRI of Language Processing: Dependence on Input Modality and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Carpentier A, Pugh K, Westerveld M, Studholme C, Skrinjar O, Thompson J, Spencer D, Constable R. Functional MRI of Language Processing: Dependence on Input Modality and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001, 42: 1241-1254. PMID: 11737158, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.35500.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAuditory language taskLanguage tasksLanguage processingTask presentationLateralization scoresLanguage comprehension taskVisual language taskModality-specific areasInput modalitiesDifferent input modalitiesMagnetic resonance imagingTemporal lobe epilepsy patientsFMRI resultsBA 44FMRI findingsAuditory inputBroca's areaLanguage areasNeuropsychological testingVisual inputFMRI dataWada testingLanguage localizationAbstract dimensionsThe Functional Neural Architecture of Components of Attention in Language-Processing Tasks
Shaywitz B, Shaywitz S, Pugh K, Fulbright R, Skudlarski P, Mencl W, Constable R, Marchione K, Fletcher J, Klorman R, Lacadie C, Gore J. The Functional Neural Architecture of Components of Attention in Language-Processing Tasks. NeuroImage 2001, 13: 601-612. PMID: 11305889, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior frontal sitesFrontal sitesAttentional controlExecutive functionFunctional neural architectureFunctional magnetic resonanceLanguage processing tasksLeft hemisphere sitesSelective attentionPerceptual selectivityRight-handed manParietal sitesRight hemisphereCortical systemsLanguage processingNeural architectureFrontal cortexIncreased activationHemisphere sitesWordsTaskImportant dimensionSpecific functional aspectsAttentionProcessing