The neural bases of complex tool use in humans

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Johnson Frey, Scott H ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEURAL NETWORKS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

NEURAL SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0842326543     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2003.12.002     Document Type: Review

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