Organization:
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PI Group Neurobiology of Language SW OZ DCC CO |
Former Organization:
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F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
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Book title:
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Gazzaniga, M.S. (ed.), The new cognitive neurosciences |
Abstract:
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This chapter reviews the findings of 58 word production experiments using different tasks and neuroimaging techniques. The reported cerebral activation sites are coded in a common anatomic reference system. Based on a functional model of language production, the different word production tasks are analyzed in terms of their processing components. This approach allows a distinction between the core process of word production and preceding taks-specific processes (lead-in processes) such as visual or auditory stimulus recognition. The core process of word production is subserved by a left-lateralized perisylvian/thalamic language production network. Within this network there seems to be functional specialization for the processing stages of word production. In addition, this chapter includes a discussion of the available evidence on syntactic production, self-monitoring, and the time course of word production.
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