Abstract and concrete phrases processing differentially modulates cortico-spinal excitability

Brain Research

Volumn 1488, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-71

  Scorolli, Claudia ^a   Jacquet, Pierre O ^a   Binkofski, Ferdinand ^b   Nicoletti, Roberto ^a   Tessari, Alessia ^a   Borghi, Anna M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abstract and concrete phrases; Embodied cognition; Language grounding; Primary motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESPONSE TIME; SENSIBILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84869090439     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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