The role of language in multi-dimensional categorization: Evidence from transcranial direct current stimulation and exposure to verbal labels

Brain and Language

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-72

  Perry, Lynn K ^a,b   Lupyan, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Labeling; Selective representation; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Wernicke's area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBALIZATION; WERNICKE AREA; COMPREHENSION; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; WERNICKE AREA;

EID: 84904861908     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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