Apples are not the only fruit: The effects of concept typicality on semantic representation in the anterior temporal lobe

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages

  Woollams, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Concept typicality; Frequency; Picture naming; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT TYPICALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PICTURE NAMING; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84859011513     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00085     Document Type: Article

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