An early stage of conceptual combination: Superimposition of constituent concepts in left anterolateral temporal lobe

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Baron, Sean G ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^b   Weber, Matthew ^b   Osherson, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual combination; Face; FMRI; Pattern analysis; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79952699865     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588920903548751     Document Type: Article

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