From language comprehension to action understanding and back again

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1166-1177

  Tremblay, Pascale ^a   Small, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

action observation; embodiment; mirror neurons; object observation; premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954619894     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq189     Document Type: Article

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