Automatic and controlled semantic retrieval: TMS reveals distinct contributions of posterior middle temporal gyrus and angular gyrus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 15230-15239

  Davey, James ^a   Cornelissen, Piers L ^b   Thompson, Hannah E ^a   Sonkusare, Saurabh ^a   Hallam, Glyn ^a   Smallwood, Jonathan ^a   Jefferies, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular gyrus; Control; Posterior middle temporal gyrus; Semantic; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947766479     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4705-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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