Brain activity during a motor learning task: An fMRI and skin conductance study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1359-1367

  MacIntosh, Bradley J ^a,b,d   Mraz, Richard ^a   McIlroy, William E ^a   Graham, Simon J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Electrodermal activity; fMRI; Learning; Motor; Partial least squares; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CUES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 36849091870     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20351     Document Type: Article

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