Effect of the number of response alternatives on brain activity in response selection

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 950-958

  Woo, Sung Ho ^a   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fMRI; Hick's law; Information theory; Response selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 35148843657     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20317     Document Type: Article

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