Evidence for conceptual combination in the left anterior temporal lobe

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1847-1852

  Baron, Sean G ^a   Osherson, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual combination; Face; FMRI; Pattern analysis; Searchlight; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL COMBINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952700585     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.066     Document Type: Article

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