How the motor system handles nouns: A behavioral study

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-73

  Marino, Barbara F M ^a   Gough, Patricia M ^a   Gallese, Vittorio ^a,b   Riggio, Lucia ^a   Buccino, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871936273     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0371-2     Document Type: Article

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