Why are the right and left hemisphere conceptual representations different

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gainotti, Guido ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; CONCEPT FORMATION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KNOWLEDGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CONCEPT FORMATION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE;

EID: 84898609095     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/603134     Document Type: Article

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