Brain activation during mental maze solving

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Kirsch, Peter ^a   Lis, Stefanie ^a   Esslinger, Christine ^a   Gruppe, Harald ^a   Danos, Peter ^a   Broll, Jochen ^a   Wiltink, Jörg ^a   Gallhofer, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal stream; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Porteus mazes; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 33750741115     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095742     Document Type: Article

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