Embodied semantics for actions: Findings from functional brain imaging

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Aziz Zadeh, Lisa ^a   Damasio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied semantics; Literal and metaphorical phrases; Representation of actions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 44949234488     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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