How specifically are action verbs represented in the neural motor system: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1318-1325

  van Dam, Wessel O ^a   Rueschemeyer, Shirley Ann ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action; Embodiment; Semantics; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957315859     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.06.071     Document Type: Article

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