The cerebral correlates of set-shifting: An fMRI study of the trail making test

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 900-905

  Moll, Jorge ^a,b,d   De Oliveira Souza, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Moll, Fernanda Tovar ^a,b   Bramati, Ivanel Edson ^a,b   Andreiuolo, Pedro Angelo ^a,b  

^a Hospital Barra D'Or   (Brazil)

^b GNNC   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO GAFFRÉE E GUINLE   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive switching; Executive function; Functional MRI; Intraparietal sulcus; Prefrontal cortex; Trail making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036897993     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2002000600002     Document Type: Article

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