PET STUDIES OF SENTENCE COMPREHENSION

这项拟议的研究的目标是调查神经基础 利用功能神经成像技术处理句子的句法形式 基于正电子发射断层扫描(PET)。其具体目的是利用 这种方法可以识别大脑中参与 口语和口语句法结构的不同方面 书面句子。这些研究追求的是一项先导性研究的结果 表示语法处理的某些方面激活了pars Broca区的盖肌。这些研究利用了几个 实验范式，以提供关于以下方面的一致证据 句法加工的本土化。

The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the neural basis for processing the syntactic form of sentences using functional neuroimaging based on positron emission tomography (PET). The specific aims are to use this approach to identify the areas of the brain that are involved in assigning different aspects of the syntactic structure of spoken and written sentences. The studies pursue results of a pilot study that indicates that certain aspects of syntactic processing activate pars opercularis of Broca's area. The studies make use of several experimental paradigms in order to provide converging evidence regarding the localization of syntactic processing.