Title: On the Neuroanatomy and Functional Role of the Inferior Parietal Lobule and Intraparietal Sulcus
Abstract: Recent research demonstrates that language processing involves more than the classical left perisylvian networks. The parietal cortex especially seems to play a crucial role for speech and language functions, implying language as part of a broader neural and functional sensorimotor network. Evidence for this assumption comes from anatomical and functional connectivity data. Here, the overall role of the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) and the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) are highlighted in terms of neuroanatomical as well as correlated functional parcellation and connectivity. Specifically, this chapter carves out the different roles including different processing routes of parietal regions in speech, language, motor, action-related, and spatial functions. Similarities and/or differences with the monkey brain are highlighted in terms of an evolutionary comparison between species.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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