The influences of task difficulty and response correctness on neural systems supporting fluid reasoning

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-84

  Kalbfleisch, M Layne ^a,b   Van Meter, John W ^a   Zeffiro, Thomas A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brodmann area 6; Cerebellum; Cognitive flexibility; Fluid reasoning; fMRI; Matrix reasoning; Middle frontal gyrus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847233648     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-006-9007-4     Document Type: Article

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