fMRI Brain Activation Map (IMAGE)

Georgetown University Medical Center

fMRI Brain Activation Map

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Examples of individual activation maps in each of the age groups. Strong activation in right-hemisphere homologs of the left-hemisphere language areas is evident in the youngest children, declines over age, and is entirely absent in most adults.

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Elissa Newport

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