Open Peer Commentary Pulvermüller: Brain's language
The neurobiology of knowledge retrieval
Daniel Tranel a1andAntonio R. Damasio a1 a1 Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242
antonio-damasio@uiowa.edu
Abstract
Recent investigations have explored how large-scale systems
in the brain operate in the processes of retrieving knowledge for
words and concepts. Much of the crucial evidence derives from lesion
studies, because word retrieval and concept retrieval can be clearly
dissociated in brain-damaged individuals. We discuss these findings
from the perspective of our neurobiological framework, which is cited
in Pulvermüller's target article.
