Journal Article

PreJuSER-50553

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png The brain differentiates human and non-human grammars: functional localization and structural connectivity

Friederici, A. D. ; Bahlmann, J. ; Heim, S.FZJ* ; Schubotz, R. I. ; Anwander, A.

2006
Academy Washington, DC

This record in other databases:      

Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/2691  doi:10.1073/pnas.0509389103

Abstract: The human language faculty has been claimed to be grounded in the ability to process hierarchically structured sequences. This human ability goes beyond the capacity to process sequences with simple transitional probabilities of adjacent elements observable in non-human primates. Here we show that the processing of these two sequence types is supported by different areas in the human brain. Processing of local transitions is subserved by the left frontal operculum, a region that is phylogenetically older than Broca's area, which specifically holds responsible the computation of hierarchical dependencies. Tractography data revealing differential structural connectivity signatures for these two brain areas provide additional evidence for a segregation of two areas in the left inferior frontal cortex.

Keyword(s): Adult (MeSH) ; Behavior (MeSH) ; Brain Mapping (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; Frontal Lobe: physiology (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Language (MeSH) ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH) ; J ; Broca's area (auto) ; inferior frontal gyrus (auto) ; syntax (auto)

Note: Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012

---

Contributing Institute(s):

1. Institut für Medizin (IME)

Research Program(s):

1. Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems (P33)

Appears in the scientific report 2006
Notes: This version is available at http://www.pnas.org, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0509389103

---

Database coverage:

---