Broca's Area and the Ventral Premotor Cortex in Language: Functional Differentiation and Specificity Export

@article{citeulike:3082393, abstract = {The idea is put forward that Broca's area (BA 44/45) and the left ventral premotor cortex (BA 6) together with the frontal operculum support different functions during language processing. While BA 44/45 is seen to be increasingly activated whenever the internal re-construction of a hierarchical structure from a sequential input is necessary, BA 6 is involved in the processing of local structural dependencies. This functional differentiation is discussed in the context of the neurocytoarchitectonical differentiation between agranular structure characterizing BA 6 and a dysgranular cortical structure characterizing BA 44/45. This differentiation is exemplified in the domain of language, but is possibly applicable to non- language domains.}, author = {Friederici, Angela D.}, citeulike-article-id = {3082393}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70380-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B8JH1-4S03J28-4/2/0d97727911011318b311db41a86d1110}, doi = {10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70380-0}, journal = {Cortex}, keywords = {ba44, ba45, ba6, frontal, operculum}, number = {4}, pages = {472--475}, posted-at = {2008-08-04 23:00:48}, priority = {0}, title = {Broca's Area and the Ventral Premotor Cortex in Language: Functional Differentiation and Specificity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70380-0}, volume = {42}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3082393 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3082393 N2 - The idea is put forward that Broca's area (BA 44/45) and the left ventral premotor cortex (BA 6) together with the frontal operculum support different functions during language processing. While BA 44/45 is seen to be increasingly activated whenever the internal re-construction of a hierarchical structure from a sequential input is necessary, BA 6 is involved in the processing of local structural dependencies. This functional differentiation is discussed in the context of the neurocytoarchitectonical differentiation between agranular structure characterizing BA 6 and a dysgranular cortical structure characterizing BA 44/45. This differentiation is exemplified in the domain of language, but is possibly applicable to non- language domains. IS - 4 JF - Cortex EP - 475 TI - Broca's Area and the Ventral Premotor Cortex in Language: Functional Differentiation and Specificity VL - 42 SP - 472 KW - ba44 KW - ba45 KW - ba6 KW - frontal KW - operculum AU - Friederici, Angela PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70380-0 ER -