Action word meaning representations in cytoarchitectonically defined primary and premotor cortices

NeuroImage

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 634-644

  Postle, Natasha ^a   McMahon, Katie L ^a   Ashton, Roderick ^a   Meredith, Matthew ^a   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language comprehension; Mirror neurons; Motor function; Semantic memory; Somatotopy; Verbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 54149084129     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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