Syntactic Processing in Left Prefrontal Cortex Is Independent of Lexical Meaning Export

@article{citeulike:252242, abstract = {Inlanguage comprehension a syntactic representation is built up even when the input is semantically uninterpretable. We report data on brain activation during syntactic processing, from an experiment on the detection of grammatical errors in meaningless sentences. The experimental paradigm was such that the syntactic processing was distinguished from other cognitive and linguistic functions. The data reveal that in syntactic error detection an area of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, adjacent to Broca's area, is specifically involved in the syntactic processing aspects, whereas other prefrontal areas subserve general error detection processes.}, author = {Indefrey, Peter and Hagoort, Peter and Herzog, Hans and Seitz, Rudiger J. and Brown, Colin M.}, citeulike-article-id = {252242}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0867}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WNP-457D9RK-1K/2/827ddb43066326372e1c6aff417ff823}, doi = {10.1006/nimg.2001.0867}, journal = {NeuroImage}, keywords = {agreement, imaging, prefrontal, sentence, syntax}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {546--555}, posted-at = {2005-07-12 17:18:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Syntactic Processing in Left Prefrontal Cortex Is Independent of Lexical Meaning}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0867}, volume = {14}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:252242 L3 - citeulike-article-id:252242 N2 - Inlanguage comprehension a syntactic representation is built up even when the input is semantically uninterpretable. We report data on brain activation during syntactic processing, from an experiment on the detection of grammatical errors in meaningless sentences. The experimental paradigm was such that the syntactic processing was distinguished from other cognitive and linguistic functions. The data reveal that in syntactic error detection an area of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, adjacent to Broca's area, is specifically involved in the syntactic processing aspects, whereas other prefrontal areas subserve general error detection processes. IS - 3 JF - NeuroImage EP - 555 TI - Syntactic Processing in Left Prefrontal Cortex Is Independent of Lexical Meaning VL - 14 SP - 546 KW - agreement KW - imaging KW - prefrontal KW - sentence KW - syntax AU - Indefrey, Peter AU - Hagoort, Peter AU - Herzog, Hans AU - Seitz, Rudiger AU - Brown, Colin PY - 2001/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0867 ER -