How Self-Initiated Memorized Movements Become Automatic: A Functional MRI Study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1690-1698

  Wu, Tao ^a   Kansaku, Kenji ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542720537     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01052.2003     Document Type: Article

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