Frontal networks for learning and executing arbitrary stimulus-response associations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2723-2732

  Boettiger, Charlotte A ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive; fMRI; Human; Prefrontal; Premotor; Rule learning; SMA; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 14944373017     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3697-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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