Semantic categorization in the human brain: Spatiotemporal Dynamics Revealed by Magnetoencephalography

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-372

  Löw, Andreas ^a,c   Bentin, Shlomo ^b   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a   Silberman, Yaron ^b   Gomolla, Annette ^a   Cohen, Rudolf ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0141575356     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.24451     Document Type: Article

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