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7865775

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
This study was designed to test the various proposed explanations (semantic processing, willed action, production of a spoken response) for the unilateral activation of the left prefrontal cortex noted in PET studies of verbal processing. Twenty subjects underwent 15O-water PET scans while undertaking a lexical task (detecting the letter 'a' in visually presented words) and a semantic task (categorizing nouns into living/non-living). The semantic task resulted in a significant unilateral left dorsolateral prefrontal activation. This finding suggests that the left inferior prefrontal cortex is the anatomical region involved in 'working with meaning', and that the activation does not reflect willed action, is not task-specific and is not attributable to the requirements of a spoken response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2193-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of the left prefrontal cortex in verbal processing: semantic processing or willed action?
pubmed:affiliation
PET Center, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't