Neural Representations of Physics Concepts

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 904-913

  Mason, Robert A ^a   Just, Marcel Adam ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; neural representations; physics semantics; scientific concepts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHINE LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983032385     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616641941     Document Type: Article

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