SENTENCE READING - AN FMRI STUDY AT 4T

In this study blood flow was monitored while monolingual right handed subjects read English sentences. Our results confirm the role of the l eft perisylvian cortex in language processing. However, individual sub ject analyses reveal a pattern of activation characterized by several, small, limited patches rather than a few large anatomically well-circ umscribed centers. Between-subject analyses confirm a lateralized patt ern of activation, indicate as active classical language areas such as Broca's, Wernicke's and the angular gyrus, and also point to areas on ly more recently considered as language-relevant including the anterio r portion of the superior temporal lobe and the dorsolateral prefronta l cortex.