The neural systems of tool and action semantics: A perspective from functional imaging

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 40-49

  Noppeney, Uta ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Category selectivity; Parietal cortex; Semantic memory; Sensory motor; Theory; Ventral premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 44949233017     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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