The interplay of composition and concept specificity in the left anterior temporal lobe: An MEG study

NeuroImage

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 228-240

  Zhang, Linmin ^a   Pylkkänen, Liina ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923553424     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.028     Document Type: Article

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