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Direct linkRodd, Jennifer M.; Johnsrude, Ingrid S.; Davis, Matthew H. – Brain and Language, 2010
Neuroimaging studies have shown that the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) plays a critical role in semantic and syntactic aspects of speech comprehension. It appears to be recruited when listeners are required to select the appropriate meaning or syntactic role for words within a sentence. However, this region is also recruited during tasks not…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Figurative Language
