Category-specific conceptual processing of color and form in left fronto-temporal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1193-1201

  Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a,b   Hauk, Olaf ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; fMRI; Language; Prefrontal cortex; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FORM PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33745785224     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj060     Document Type: Article

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