Posterior middle temporal gyrus is involved in verbal and non-verbal semantic cognition: Evidence from rTMS

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1119-1130

  Hoffman, Paul ^a   Pobric, Gorana ^a   Drakesmith, Mark ^a   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual knowledge; Semantic memory; Temporal lobe; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NON VERBAL SEMANTIC COGNITION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHONETICS; POSTERIOR MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERBAL SEMANTIC COGNITION;

EID: 84865820330     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.608838     Document Type: Article

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