Introducing the special topic "The when and why of sensorimotor processes in conceptual knowledge and abstract concepts"

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Tomasino, Barbara ^a   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action verbs; Actionrepresentations; Motorsystem; Sensorimotor cortex; Wordmeaning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECOGNITION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84884676632     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00498     Document Type: Article

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