chinese [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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[[Investigation]]s of the distribution characteristics of Chinese [[language]] [[function]] in the [[cortex]] are limited to the application of [[Functional magnetic resonance imaging]] in China. Chinese and English are significantly different languages. Chinese involves the characteristics of shape, meaning and grammar, and learning it is a comprehensive study involving calligraphy and pronunciation. English, however, involves phonetic learning, and a focus on speaking. Thus, there may be some differences in the language areas between Chinese- and English-speaking populations. Tan et al of Hong Kong University found that native Chinese speakers and native English speakers exhibited differences in anatomical structures; the left inferior frontal gyrus, middle posterior frontal gyrus and left anterocentral temporal lobe of native Chinese speakers were relatively larger than those of native English speakers
((Tan LH, Spinks JA, Eden GF, Perfetti CA, Siok WT. Reading depends on writing, in Chinese. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2005;102:8781–8785. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503523102. ))