Use-induced motor plasticity affects the processing of abstract and concrete language
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Acknowledgments We are indebted to the keepers at Zoo Leipzig for their support and to Bridget Waller and Katja Liebal for helpful comments. This research was supported by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science and the European Commission (SEDSU Project #012-984 NESTPathfinder). The authors declare no competing financial interest. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to D.B.M.H. ([email protected]).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008