Semantics in the motor system: motor-cortical beta oscillations reflect semantic knowledge of end-postures for object use
In the present EEG study we investigated whether semantic knowledge for object use is represented in motor-related brain areas. Subjects were required to perform actions with everyday objects and to maintain either a meaningful or a meaningless end posture with the object. Analysis of the EEG data f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-02-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.008.2010/full |