aInstitute of Neuroscience, School of Life Science
bCognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, National Yang-Ming University
cLaboratory of Integrated Brain Research, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
dInstitute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
eDepartment of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
fInstitute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Correspondence and requests for reprints to Dr Jen-Chuen Hsieh, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Laboratory of Integrated Brain Research, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 28757480; fax: +886 2 28745182; e-mail: [email protected]
Sponsorship: This study was sponsored by the National Science Council (93-2314-B-075-084) and Taipei Veterans General Hospital (93-322; 93-356-1) of Taiwan.
Received 2 March 2006; accepted 7 April 2006