Neural mechanisms of language comprehension: challenges to syntax.

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Published in Brain Res on December 23, 2006

Authors

Gina R Kuperberg1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. kuperber@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

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