Right on in sign language

Eraldo Paulesu () and Jacques Mehler ()
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Eraldo Paulesu: the Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, INB-CNR, Universita di Milano
Jacques Mehler: the Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, CNRS et EHESS

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6673, 233-234

Abstract: Spoken language is dealt with by the left hemisphere of the brain. But does that apply to sign languages? A study employing functional magnetic resonance, which reveals the brain areas activated when subjects undertake a task such as understanding sentences, surprisingly finds that processing of sign language is carried out in parts of both hemispheres. This challenging result runs counter to observations from people with brain damage, and is open to various interpretations.

Date: 1998
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