Neural insights into the relation between language and communication

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Willems, Roel M ^a   Varley, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Intention; Language; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSCIENCE; SPEECH; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 79953021118     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00203     Document Type: Article

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