The syntax of action

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 219-220

  Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; COMPETITION; EMBEDDING; EXPECTATION; FINGER; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LETTER; LINGUISTICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 84899484332     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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