Theory of mind, language and the temporoparietal junction mystery

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 123-126

  Perner, Josef ^a   Aichhorn, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

LINGUISTIC DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL SUBSTRATES; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION MYSTERY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

BILINGUALISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 41149108948     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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