Say it with flowers! An fMRI study of object mediated communication

Brain and Language

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Tylén, Kristian ^a,b   Wallentin, Mikkel ^b,c   Roepstorff, Andreas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conventionality; Material objects; Material signals; Mediation; Non verbal communication; Pars triangularis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649113999     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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