Cerebellum and procedural learning: Evidence from focal cerebellar lesions

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1753-1762

  Molinari, Marco ^a,b   Leggio, Maria G ^b   Solida, Alessandra ^a   Ciorra, Roberto ^a   Misciagna, Sandro ^a   Silveri, Maria C ^a   Petrosini, Laura ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implicit memory; Lesion studies; Man; Serial reaction time task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030817886     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.10.1753     Document Type: Article

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