The sensory-motor specificity of taxonomic and thematic conceptual relations: A behavioral and fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1152-1162

  Kalénine, Solène ^a   Peyrin, Carole ^a   Pichat, Cédric ^a   Segebarth, Christoph ^b,c   Bonthoux, Françoise ^a   Baciu, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Concepts; fMRI; Manipulable and non manipulable objects; Natural and artifact objects; Sensory motor system; Taxonomic and thematic relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749192469     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.043     Document Type: Article

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