The contribution of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and temporoparietal areas in processing instrumental versus functional semantic violations in action representation

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 701-715

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Canavesio, Ylenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action representation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Functional violation; Instrumental violation; N400; Posterior sites; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PLACEBOS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911988305     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.929093     Document Type: Article

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