Grounding object concepts in perception and action: Evidence from fMRI studies of tools

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-468

  Beauchamp, Michael S ^a   Martin, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual representation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Human visual cortex; Manipulation objects; Middle temporal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 34248593724     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70470-2     Document Type: Article

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