The neural basis of conditional reasoning: An event-related potential study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1533-1539

  Qiu, Jiang ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b   Huang, Xiting ^a,b   Zhang, Fenghua ^b   Chen, Antao ^a,b   Luo, Yuejia ^a   Zhang, Qinglin ^a,b   Yuan, Hong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conditional reasoning; Event related brain potential; Model theory; Rule theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONDITIONAL REASONING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33846185605     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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