The lateralization of motor cortex activation to action words

What determines the laterality of activation in motor cortex for words whose meaning is related to bodily actions? It has been suggested that the neuronal representation of the meaning of action-words is shaped by individual experience. However, core language functions are left-lateralized in the ma...

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Main Authors: Olaf eHauk, Friedemann ePulvermuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00149/full