Left Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Processing of Words and Sentences

Nazbanou Nozari; Sharon L. Thompson-Schill

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Left Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Processing of Words and Sentences

Nazbanou Nozari, Sharon L. Thompson-Schill

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) has been implicated in a variety of verbal and nonverbal tasks. In this chapter, we review the literature on VLPFC's involvement in the processing of words and sentences in comprehension and production. In so doing, we compare a number of semantic and syntactic accounts proposed to explain the role of this region. We conclude that the sum total of the empirical evidence points to VLPFC's role in biasing competition between alternative representations during selection.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Neurobiology of Language
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	569-584
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9780124078628
ISBN (Print)	9780124077942
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00046-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

Broca's area
Left inferior frontal gyrus
Lexical retrieval
Sentence comprehension
Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

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Medicine(all)

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