Localization of Cognitive Operations in the Human Brain.

Posner, Michael I.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ374109

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Publication Date: 1988

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Localization of Cognitive Operations in the Human Brain.

Posner, Michael I.; And Others

Science, v240 n4859 p1627-31 Jun 17 1988

Hypothesizes that the human brain localizes mental operations which are integrated in the performance of cognitive tasks such as reading. Provides support of this hypothesis from studies in neural imaging, mental imagery, timing, and memory. (RT)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Language Processing, Neurolinguistics, Neurological Organization, Perception, Schemata (Cognition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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