Sign language and the brain: a review.

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Tytuł:: Sign language and the brain: a review.
Autorzy:: Campbell R; ESRC Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, 49 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. />MacSweeney M
Waters D
Źródło:: Journal of deaf studies and deaf education [J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ] 2008 Winter; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 3-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Jun 29.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: Cary, NC : Oxford University Press, c1996-
MeSH Terms:: Sign Language*
Brain/*physiology
Brain/anatomy & histology ; Brain Injuries/physiopathology ; Electroencephalography ; Evoked Potentials/physiology ; Functional Laterality/physiology ; Humans ; Life Change Events ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neuronal Plasticity/physiology
Liczba referencji:: 105
Grant Information:: 068607/Z/02/Z United Kingdom Wellcome Trust
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20070703 Date Completed: 20080422 Latest Revision: 20220410
Update Code:: 20240104
DOI:: 10.1093/deafed/enm035
PMID:: 17602162
: Czasopismo naukowe

How are signed languages processed by the brain? This review briefly outlines some basic principles of brain structure and function and the methodological principles and techniques that have been used to investigate this question. We then summarize a number of different studies exploring brain activity associated with sign language processing especially as compared to speech processing. We focus on lateralization: is signed language lateralized to the left hemisphere (LH) of native signers, just as spoken language is lateralized to the LH of native speakers, or could sign processing involve the right hemisphere to a greater extent than speech processing? Experiments that have addressed this question are described, and some problems in obtaining a clear answer are outlined.

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