Disrupting the brain to validate hypotheses on the neurobiology of language

Comprehension of words is an important part of the language faculty, involving the joint activity of frontal and temporo-parietal brain regions. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) enables the controlled perturbation of brain activity, and thus offers a unique tool to test specific predictions a...

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Main Authors: Liuba ePapeo, Alvaro ePascual-Leone, Alfonso eCaramazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00148/full