Broca's area processes the hierarchical organization of observed action

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Wakita, Masumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action; Broca's area; Hierarchy; Language; Music; Near infrared spectroscopy; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSIC; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84906243121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00937     Document Type: Article

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