Neural systems engaged by planning: A PET study of the tower of London task

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-526

  Baker, S C ^a,c,d   Rogers, R D ^b   Owen, A M ^b   Frith, C D ^a,e   Dolan, R J ^a,c,d   Frackowiak, R S J ^a,d   Robbins, T W ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parietal cortex; PET; Planning; Prefrontal cortex; Tower task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PLANNING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029882343     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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