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Only time can tell – words in context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Riitta Salmelin
Affiliation:
Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland{riitta;paivi;kkuukka@neuro.hut.fi} boojum.hut.fi/research/brain
Päivi Helenius
Affiliation:
Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland{riitta;paivi;kkuukka@neuro.hut.fi} boojum.hut.fi/research/brain
Kari Kuukka
Affiliation:
Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland{riitta;paivi;kkuukka@neuro.hut.fi} boojum.hut.fi/research/brain

Abstract

We raise the possibility that the roles words typically play in sentence context, rather than their motor or visual associations, determine the organization of language in the brain. We also discuss time-sensitive functional imaging approaches that allow experimentation both on isolated words and connected language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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