Roles of frontal and temporal regions in reinterpreting semantically ambiguous sentences

Semantic ambiguity resolution is an essential and frequent part of speech comprehension because many words map onto multiple meanings (e.g., bark, bank). Neuroimaging research highlights the importance of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) and the left posterior temporal cortex in this process b...

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Main Authors: Sylvia eVitello, Jane E. Warren, Joseph T. Devlin, Jennifer M. Rodd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00530/full