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Syntax without language: Neurobiological evidence for cross-domain syntactic computations. (Articolo in rivista)

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Syntax without language: Neurobiological evidence for cross-domain syntactic computations. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

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Tettamanti M. 1,2,3,4, Rotondi I. 5, Perani D. 1,2,3,4,5, Scotti G. 1,3, Fazio F. 2,6,7, Cappa S.F. 1,3,5, Moro A. 1,3,5 (2009)
Syntax without language: Neurobiological evidence for cross-domain syntactic computations.
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Tettamanti M. 1,2,3,4, Rotondi I. 5, Perani D. 1,2,3,4,5, Scotti G. 1,3, Fazio F. 2,6,7, Cappa S.F. 1,3,5, Moro A. 1,3,5 (literal)

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Pubblicato on-line: 3 Dicembre 2008. Corresponding author: M. Tettamanti( tettamanti.marco@hsr.it). IF 2009: 4.058 (literal)

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a. Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, 2. Nuclear Medicine Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano 3. CERMAC-HSR, Milano 4. National Institute of Neuroscience, Torino 5. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano 6. Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, CNR, Segrate (MI) 7. Università Milano-Bicocca, Monza (MI) (literal)

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Syntax without language: Neurobiological evidence for cross-domain syntactic computations. (literal)

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Not all conceivable grammars are realized within human languages. Rules based on rigid distances, in which a certain word must occur at a fixed distance from another word, are never found in grammars of human languages. Distances between words are specified in terms of relative, non-rigid positions. The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) (Broca's area) has been found to be involved in the computation of non-rigid but not of rigid syntax in the language domain. A fundamental question is therefore whether the neural activity underlying this non-rigid architecture is language-specific, given that analogous structural properties can be found in other cognitive domains. Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in sixteen healthy native speakers of Italian, we measured brain activity for the acquisition of rigid and non-rigid syntax in the visuo-spatial domain. The data of the present experiment were formally compared with those of a previous experiment, in which there was a symmetrical distinction between rigid and non-rigid syntax in the language domain. Both in the visuo-spatial and in the language domain, the acquisition of non-rigid syntax, but not the acquisition of rigid syntax, activated Brodmann Area 44 of the left IFG. This domain-independent effect was specifically modulated by performance improvement. Thus, in the human brain, one single \"grammar without words\" serves different higher cognitive functions. (literal)

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