Shared neural correlates for language and tool use in Broca's area

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1376-1381

  Higuchi, Satomi ^a   Chaminade, Thierry ^b   Imamizu, Hiroshi ^a,c   Kawato, Mitsuo ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Language; Syntax; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; TOOL USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349694743     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283315570     Document Type: Article

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