Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing

S E Petersen; P T Fox; M I Posner; M Mintun; M E Raichle

doi:10.1038/331585a0

Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing

Nature. 1988 Feb 18;331(6157):585-9. doi: 10.1038/331585a0.

Authors

S E Petersen¹, P T Fox, M I Posner, M Mintun, M E Raichle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110.

PMID: 3277066
DOI: 10.1038/331585a0

Abstract

The use of positron emission tomography to measure regional changes in average blood flow during processing of individual auditory and visual words provides support for multiple, parallel routes between localized sensory-specific, phonological, articulatory and semantic-coding areas.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Association
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Cerebrovascular Circulation*
Female
Male
Models, Neurological*
Models, Psychological
Phonetics
Reading*
Semantics*
Subtraction Technique
Tomography, Emission-Computed*