Top-Down Processing of Symbolic Meanings Modulates the Visual Word Form Area
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1874-12.2012