Modulating the assessment of semantic speech–gesture relatedness via transcranial direct current stimulation of the left frontal cortex

Background: Co-verbal gestures are crucial for communication. Neuroimaging studies suggest that the left frontal lobe may be especially important for processing metaphoric co-verbal gestures. However, so far, the specific functional relevance of the left frontal lobe in metaphoric (abstract sentence...

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Main Authors: Rasmus Schülke, Benjamin Straube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X16302947