The neural correlates for spatial language: Perspective-dependent and -independent relationships in American Sign Language and spoken English
In American Sign Language (ASL) spatial relationships are conveyed by the location of the hands in space, whereas English employs prepositional phrases. Using event-related fMRI, we examined comprehension of perspective-dependent (PD) (left, right) and perspective-independent (PI) (in, on) sentences...
Main Authors: | Brozdowski, C. (Author), Emmorey, K. (Author), McCullough, S. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academic Press Inc.
2021
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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