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A neural basis for lexical retrieval

Nature volume 380, pages 499–505 (1996)Cite this article

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Two parallel studies using positron emission tomography, one conducted in neurological patients with brain lesions, the other in normal individuals, indicate that the normal process of retrieving words that denote concrete entities depends in part on multiple regions of the left cerebral hemisphere, located outside the classic language areas. Moreover, anatomically separable regions tend to process words for distinct kinds of items.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    Hanna Damasio, Thomas J. Grabowski, Daniel Tranel & Antonio R. Damasio

  2. Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Center, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    Richard D. Hichwa

  3. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, 92186, USA

    Hanna Damasio & Antonio R. Damasio

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