?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Anatomy+of+word+and+sentence+meaning&rft.creator=Posner%2C+Michael+I.&rft.creator=Pavese%2C+Antonella&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Reading+and+listening+involve+complex+psychological+processes+that+recruit+many+brain+areas.+The+anatomy+of+processing+English+words+has+been+studied+by+a+variety+of+imaging+methods.+Although+there+is+widespread+agreement+on+the+general+anatomical+areas+involved+in+comprehending+words%2C+there+are+still+disputes+about+the+computations+that+go+on+in+these+areas.+Examination+of+the+time+relations+(circuitry)+among+these+anatomical+areas+can+aid+in+under-standing+their+computations.+In+this+paper+we+concentrate+on+tasks+which+involve+obtaining+the+meaning+of+a+word+in+isolation+or+in+relation+to+a+sentence.+Our+current+data+support+a+finding+in+the+literature+that+frontal+semantic+areas+are+active+well+before+posterior+areas.+We+use+the+subject%C2%92s+attention+to+amplify+relevant+brain+areas+involved+either+in+semantic+classification+or+in+judging+the+relation+of+the+word+to+a+sentence+in+order+to+test+the+hypothesis+that+frontal+areas+are+concerned+with+lexical+semantics+while+posterior+areas+are+more+involved+in+comprehension+of+propositions+that+involve+several+words.&rft.date=1998-02&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F81%2F3%2Fsentword.pdf&rft.identifier=++Posner%2C+Michael+I.+and+Pavese%2C+Antonella++(1998)+Anatomy+of+word+and+sentence+meaning.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F81%2F