Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing

Nature volume 331, pages 585–589 (1988)Cite this article

Abstract

The use of positron emission tomography to measure regional changes in average blood flow during processing of individual auditory and visual words provides support for multiple, parallel routes between localized sensory-specific, phonological, articulatory and semantic-coding areas.

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. LaBerge, D. & Samuels, J. Cognitive Psychol. 6, 293–323 (1974).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Rumelhart, D. E. & McClelland, J. L. Psychol. Rev. 89, 60–94 (1982).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Rumelhart, D. E. & McClelland, J. L. Parallel Distributed Processing Vols 1 and 2 (MIT, Cambridge, 1986).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Carr, T. H. & Pollatsek, A. Reading Research Vol. 5, 1–82 (Academic, New York, 1985).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Posner, M. I. in Chronometric Explorations of Mind (Posner, M. I. & Marin, O. S. M.) (Erlbaum, Englewood Height, N.J., 1978).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Coltheart, M. Attention and Performance XI (Erlbaum, Hilldale, N.J., 1985).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Geschwind, N. Brain 88, 237–294, 585–644 (1965).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Geschwind, N. Scient. Am. 241, 158–168 (1979).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Herscovitch, P., Markham, J. & Raichle, M. E. J. Nucl. Med. 24, 782–789 (1983).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Raichle, M. E., Martin, W. R. W., Herscovitch, P., Mintun, M. A. & Markham, J. J. Nucl. Med. 24, 790–798 (1983).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Sternberg, S. Acta Psychol. 30, 276–315 (1969).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Fox, P. T., Mintun, M. A. & Raichle, M. E. J. cerebral Blood Flow Metab. (in the press).

  13. Fox, P. T., Perlmutter, J. S. & Raichle, M. E. J. Comp. Assist. Tomogr. 9, 141–153 (1985).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Tailarach, J. et al. Atlas d'Anatomie Stereotaxique due Telencephale (Masson, Cie., Park, 1967).

    Google Scholar 

  15. Mintun, M. A., Fox, P. T. & Raichle, M. E. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 13, 850 (1987).

    Google Scholar 

  16. Snedecor, G. W. & Corcoran, W. G. Statistical Methods (Iowa University Press, Iowa City, 1980).

    Google Scholar 

  17. Fox, P. T. et al. Nature 323, 806–809 (1986).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Fox, P. T., Miezin, F. M., Allman, J. M., Van Essen, D. C. & Raichle, M. E. J. Neurosci. 7, 913–922 (1987).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Damasio, A. R. & Damasio, H. Neurology 33, 1573–1583 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Henderson, V. W. Brain Lang. 29, 119–133 (1986).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. McClelland, J. L. & Rumelhart, D. E. Psychol. Rev. 88, 375–407 (1981).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Lauter, J., Herscovitch, P., Formby, C. & Raichle, M. E. Hearing Res. 20, 199–205 (1985).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Mazziota, J. C., Phelps, M. E., Carson, R. E. & Kuhl, D. E. Neurology 32, 921–937 (1982).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Roland, P., Larson, B., Lassen, N. A. & Skinhoj, E. J. Neurophysiol. 43, 118–136 (1980).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Roeltgen, D. P., Sevush, S. & Heilman, K. M. Neurology 33, 755–765 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Shallice, T. Brain 104, 413–429 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Fox, P. T. & Raichle, M. E. Proc. natn. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83, 1140–1144 (1986).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Mohr, J. P. et al. Neurology 28, 311–324 (1978).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Fox, P. T., Pardo, J. V., Petersen, S. E. & Raichle, M. E. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 13, 1433 (1987).

    Google Scholar 

  30. Masdau, J. C., Schoene, W. C. & Funkenstein, H. Neurology 28, 1220–1223 (1978).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Barris, R. W. & Schuman, H. R. Neurology 3, 44–52 (1953).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Nielsen, J. M. & Jacobs, L. L. Bull. L.A. Neurol. Soc. 16, 231–234 (1951).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Benton, A. L. Neuropsychologia 6, 53–60 (1968).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Milberg, W. & Blumstein, S. E. Brain Lang. 14, 371–385 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Milberg, W., Blumstein, S. E. & Dworetzky, B. Brain Lang. 31, 138–150 (1987).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Humphreys, G. W. & Evett, E. J. Behav. Brain Sci. 8, 689–740 (1985).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. Shallice, T., McLeod, P. & Lewis, K. Q. J. exp. Psychol 37A, 507–532 (1985).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. Coltheart, M., Davelaar, E., Jonasson, J. & Besner, D. in Attention and Performance VI (ed. Dornic, S.) (Academic, New York, 1977).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    S. E. Petersen, P. T. Fox, M. I. Posner, M. Mintun & M. E. Raichle

Authors
  1. S. E. Petersen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. T. Fox
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. I. Posner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. Mintun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

  5. M. E. Raichle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Petersen, S., Fox, P., Posner, M. et al. Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing. Nature 331, 585–589 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331585a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/331585a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing