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Sentence comprehension and the left inferior frontal gyrus: Storage, not computation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

Laurie A. Stowe
Laurie A. Stowe
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Groningen, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands l.a.stowe@let.rug.nl www.let.rug.nl/~stowe
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Abstract

Neuroimaging evidence suggests that the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) supports temporary storage of linguistic material during linguistic tasks rather than computing a syntactic representation. The LIFG is not activated by simple sentences but by complex sentences and maintenance of word lists. Under this hypothesis, agrammatism should only disturb comprehension for constructions in which storage is essential.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 51
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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