Learned movements in a left-handed pianist: An f-MRI evaluation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 680-684

  Moretti, R ^a   Torre, P ^a   Antonello, R M ^a   Ukmar, M ^a   Longo, R ^a   Bava, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; F MRI; Finger opposition; Left handed; Motor learned activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; EDUCATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036853322     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1130     Document Type: Article

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