The function of words: Distinct neural correlates for words denoting differently manipulable objects

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1844-1851

  Rueschemeyer, Shirley Ann ^a   Van Rooij, Daan ^a   Lindemann, Oliver ^a   Willems, Roel M ^b   Bekkering, Harold ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROIMAGING; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VOLUMETRY; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; VASCULARIZATION; VISION;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955493307     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21310     Document Type: Article

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