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Science 30 April 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3982, pp. 499 - 502
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3982.499
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Language Production: Electroencephalographic Localization in the Normal Human Brain

Dale W. McAdam 1 and Harry A. Whitaker 1

1 Departments of Psychology, Languages and Linguistics, and Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Slow negative potentials, which are at a maximum over Broca's area in the left hemisphere, were recorded when normnal subjects spontaneously produced polysyllabic words. Bilaterally symmetrical potentials were seen with analogous, nonspeech control gestures. These potentials began up to 1 second before word or gesture articulation. These results are the first demonstration of localization of language production in normal human brain.


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