Specialisation within the prefrontal cortex: The ventral prefrontal cortex and associative learning

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-113

  Passingham, R E ^a   Toni, I ^b   Rushworth, M F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; fMRI; Motor learning; PET; Ventral frontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEARNING; MEMORY; MONKEY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034051369     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000405     Document Type: Review

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