Individual differences in prefrontal cortical activation on the Tower of London planning task: Implication for effortful processing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2219-2225

  Cazalis, F ^a   Valabregue R ^a   Pelegrini Issac M ^a   Asloun, S ^b   Robbins, T W ^c   Granon, Sylvie ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; fMRI; Human subjects; Planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037842769     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02633.x     Document Type: Article

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