Functional MR imaging of semantic information processing and learning-related effects using psychometrically controlled stimulation paradigms

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-161

  Spitzer, Manfred ^a   Bellemann, Matthias E ^b   Kammer, Thomas ^a   Gückel, Friedemann ^c   Kischka, Udo ^a,d   Maier, Sabine ^a   Schwartz, Andreas ^a   Brix, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Neurologische Universitatsklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Cognitive neuroscience; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Learning; Psycholinguistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030273774     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(96)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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