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Encoding words and pictures: a positron emission tomography study

Menard, Matthew T., Kosslyn, Stephen M., Thompson, William L., Alpert, Nathaniel M., Rauch, Scott L.·1996·Neuropsychologia

Abstract

Subjects viewed words, pictures, crosshairs, or a large X flanked by two smaller xs on either side while their brain activity was monitored using positron emission tomography (PET). When activation from the pictures, crosshairs, or Xs condition was subtracted from activation in the words condition, the left angular gyrus and Broca's area were found to be activated. In the comparison of words and pictures, additional language areas were activated. These results provide support for the classical neurological model of reading. The results also suggest that a "word form area" is near the margin of the left angular gyrus.

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Authors
Menard, M. T., Kosslyn, S. M., Thompson, W. L., Alpert, N. M., & Rauch, S. L.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Kosslyn, Stephen M.
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1996-03
Volume
34
Issue
3
Pages
185-194
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1984447553
Cited by
108
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
17.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
word recognition, image recognition, visual word processing, left angular gyrus, Broca's area, reading, language areas, crosshairs
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Reading, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception

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