Frontal-lobe involvement in spatial memory: Evidence from pet, fMRI, and lesion studies

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-113

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a   Postma, Albert ^a   Wijnalda, Elze M ^a   de Haan, Edward H F ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Lesion studies; Positron emission tomography; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033913790     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009016820717     Document Type: Review

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