Graded specialization within and between the anterior temporal lobes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-97

  Rice, Grace E ^a   Hoffman, Paul ^b   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobes; Conceptual knowledge; Hemispheric specialization; Laterality; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

MODEL; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEMANTICS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84958874184     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12951     Document Type: Article

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