Title :
Near-infrared spectroscopic measurement of brain activity for syntactic processing
Author :
Uchibori, Asako ; Kojima, Takashi ; Tsunashima, Hitoshi ; Shiozawa, Takahiro
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Ind. Technol., Nihon Univ., Narashino, Japan
Abstract :
We conducted a near-infrared spectroscopic experiment of brain activity for language processing. Syntactic aspects of language are particularly focused on in the stimuli. Increase in blood flow around Broca ´s area is measured, as expected.
Keywords :
blood flow measurement; brain; infrared spectroscopy; linguistics; neurophysiology; Broca area; blood flow; brain activity; language processing; near-infrared spectroscopic measurement; syntactic processing; Area measurement; Blood flow; Brain; Ear; Joining processes; Noninvasive treatment; Performance evaluation; Spectroscopy; Temporal lobe; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412272
