The body of evidence: What can neuroscience tell us about embodied semantics

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Hauk, Olaf ^a   Tschentscher, Nadja ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG MEG; Embodiment; FMRI; Neuroimaging; Semantics; TMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876732519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00050     Document Type: Article

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