Composition of Complex Meaning: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Left Anterior Temporal Lobe

Neurobiology of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 621-631

  Pylkkänen, Liina ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Conceptual processing; Left anterior temporal lobe; Magnetoencephalography; Semantic composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072231453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00050-X     Document Type: Chapter

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