Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 613-620 , May 2010

Neural correlates of morphosyntactic and verb-argument structure processing: An EfMRI study

  • Tim Raettig

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
    • ,
  • Stefan Frisch

      Affiliations

    • Day Care Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Angela D. Friederici

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Sonja A. Kotz

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
    • Day Care Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Germany

Received 29 April 2008 ,Revised 30 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.06.003

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