Mapping the semantic homunculus: A functional and behavioural analysis of overt semantic generation

Brain Topography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-35

  Esopenko, Carrie ^a   Borowsky, Ron ^a,b   Cummine, Jacqueline ^a   Sarty, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

fMRI; Semantic complexity; Semantic generation; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52549107157     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-008-0043-8     Document Type: Article

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