Virtual lesions of the IFG abolish response facilitation for biological and non-biological cues

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2010, Pages

  Newman Norlund, Roger D ^a   Ondobaka, Sasha ^b   van Schie, Hein ^c   van Elswijk, Gijs ^b   Bekkering, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associative sequence learning; Ideo motor; Imitation; Pars opercularis; Perception action coupling; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549241311     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.005.2010     Document Type: Article

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