Cognitive contributions of the ventral parietal cortex: An integrative theoretical account

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 338-352

  Cabeza, Roberto ^a   Ciaramelli, Elisa ^b   Moscovitch, Morris ^c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DOMAIN; EPISODIC MEMORIES; THEORY OF MINDS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BRAIN;

BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; VENTRAL PARIETAL CORTEX;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84861660844     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.04.008     Document Type: Review

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