Developmental changes in category-specific brain responses to numbers and letters in a working memory task
Libertus ME, Brannon EM, Pelphrey KA. Developmental changes in category-specific brain responses to numbers and letters in a working memory task. NeuroImage 2008, 44: 1404-1414. PMID: 19027079, PMCID: PMC2659412, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.10.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCategory-specific activationFunctional magnetic resonance imagingWM taskMemory taskBehavioral performanceBrain activityBrain regionsCategory-specific dissociationsLateral fusiform gyrusOccipital-temporal cortexBrain activity patternsEight-year-old childrenFace stimuliWM conditionCognitive abilitiesSemantic processingLanguage abilityLetter conditionFMRI resultsFusiform gyrusAbstract processingIntraparietal sulcusBrain responsesDigit conditionLinguistic abilities