@article{ref1,
title="Mismatch negativity elicited by tones and speech sounds: changed topographical distribution in aphasia",
journal="Brain and language",
year="2007",
author="Becker, Frank and Reinvang, Ivar",
volume="100",
number="1",
pages="69-78",
abstract="This study used the event-related brain potential mismatch negativity (MMN) to investigate preconscious discrimination of harmonically rich tones (differing in duration) and consonant-vowel syllables (differing in the initial consonant) in aphasia. Eighteen Norwegian aphasic patients, examined on average 3 months after brain injury, were compared to 11 healthy controls. The main finding was a difference in topographic distribution of the MMN: the aphasia group showed a less lateralized and centralized topographic pattern especially to CV syllables, which is consistent with a reduced temporal lobe processing contribution and an increased right hemisphere activation. No correlations between MMN amplitude and aphasia test results were found.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-934X",
doi="10.1016/j.bandl.2006.09.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2006.09.004"
}