The nature and neural correlates of semantic association versus conceptual similarity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4319-4333

  Jackson, Rebecca L ^a   Hoffman, Paul ^a   Pobric, Gorana ^a   Ralph, Matthew A Lambon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRI; Hub and spoke model; Semantic memory; Taxonomic; Thematic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTRAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954230547     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv003     Document Type: Article

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