The concept of transcortical cell assemblies: A key to the understanding of cortical lateralization and interhemispheric interaction

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-566

  Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a   Mohr, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral gain; Brain theory; Cell assembly; Cognition; EEG; Language; Lexical category; MEG

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030456557     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00068-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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