Neurophysiological mechanisms involved in transfer of procedural knowledge

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1045-1053

  Perez, Monica A ^a   Wise, Steven P ^b   Willingham, Daniel T ^c   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric inhibition; Intermanual transfer; Intracortical inhibition; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Transcallosal pathways

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846850126     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4128-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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