The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in semantic composition vs. semantic memory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  Westerlund, Masha ^a,b   Pylkkänen, Liina ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Composition; Concept specificity; Left anterior temporal lobe; Magnetoencephalography; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897900963     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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