Selected publications concerning language and the brain:

Emmorey, K., Damasio, H, McCullough, Grabowski, T., Ponto, L., Hichwa, R., & Bellugi, U. (2002). Neural systems underlying spatial language in American Sign Language. NeuroImage, 17, 812-824. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K., Grabowski, T., McCullough, S., Damasio, H. & Bellugi, U. (in press). Motor-iconicity of sign language does not alter neural systems underlying tool and action naming. Brain and Language. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K., Grabowski, T., McCullough, S., Damasio, H. & Bellugi, U. (2003). Neural systems underlying lexical retrieval for sign language. Neuropsychologia, 41(1), 85-95. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K. (2003). The neural systems underlying sign language. In. M. Marchark, & P. Spencer (Eds.), The Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, pp. 361-375, Oxford University Press. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K. (1997). The neural substrates for spatial cognition and language: Insights from sign language. Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Abstract

Neville, H., Coffey, S., Lawson, D., Fischer, A., Emmorey, K., & Bellugi, U. (1997). Neural systems mediating American Sign Language. Brain and Language, 57, 285-308. Abstract

Emmorey, K. & Kosslyn, S. (1996). Enhanced image generation abilities in deaf signers: A right hemisphere effect. Brain and Cognition, 32, 28-44. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K., Hickok, G., & Klima, E. S. (1995). Differences in mental rotation within linguistic and nonlinguistic domains: Evidence from an ASL signer with right hemisphere damage. Brain and Language, 51(1), 176-179. Abstract

Emmorey, K. & Corina, D. (1993). Hemispheric specialization for ASL signs and English words: Differences between imageable and abstract forms. Neuropsychologia, 31(7), 645 - 654. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1987) The neurological substrates for prosodic aspects of speech. Brain and Language, 30(2), 305-320. Abstract

Emmorey, K., Allen, J. S., Bruss, J., Schenker, N., & Damasio, H. (2003).  A morphometric analysis of auditory brain regions in congenitally deaf adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (17), 10049-1005 Download PDF file

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