Dynamic functional changes associated with cognitive skill learning of an adapted version of the Tower of London task

NeuroImage

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1649-1660

  Beauchamp, M H ^a   Dagher, A ^b   Aston, J A D ^b,c   Doyon, J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Pavillon Marie Victorin   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caudate nucleus; Cognitive skill learning; Orbitofrontal cortex; PET; Planning; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0345415030     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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