The time course of idiom processing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3215-3222

  Fogliata, A ^a   Rizzo, S ^a   Reati, F ^a,b   Miniussi, C ^c   Oliveri, M ^d   Papagno, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idioms; Prefrontal cortex; Temporal cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34848866867     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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