The left hemisphere and the selection of learned actions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-24

  Rushworth, Matthew F S ^a   Nixon, Philip D ^a   Wade, Derick T ^b   Renowden, Shelley ^c   Passingham, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apraxia; Motor learning; Parietal cortex; Premotor cortex; Striatum; Subcortical fascicles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIAS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); THALAMUS;

EID: 0031950769     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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