Naming with proper names: The left temporal pole theory

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-284

  Semenza, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anomia; left temporal pole; Proper names; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 81055147500     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0338     Document Type: Article

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