Neural Dissociation within Language: Lexical Memory is Part of Declarative Memory Grammatical Rules are Processed by Procedural System

Empirical Evidence

1.Psycholinguistic

•Frequency effects

•Similarity (neighborhood) effects

•Imageability Effects

•Priming effects

•Working memory effects

2. Neurological

•Aphasia (anterior aphasia, posterior aphasia)

•Neurodegenerative disease (AD, PD, HD)

•Developmental disorders (SLI, autism, other)

3. Neuroimaging

•Electrophysiological: ERP

•Hemodynamic: fMRI, PET

4. Molecular

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