Distinct processing of function verb categories in the human brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1249, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-180

  Briem, Daniela ^a   Balliel, Britta ^a   Rockstroh, Brigitte ^a   Butt, Miriam ^a   im Walde, Sabine Schulte ^b   Assadollahi, Ramin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c ExB Communication Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex predicate; Context; Function verb; Light verb; Magnetencephalography; MEG; Thematic relation; Underspecification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; READING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049218855     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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