Combining path analysis with time-resolved functional magnetic resonance imaging: The neurocognitive network underlying mental rotation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1003-1020

  Ecker, Christine ^a   Brammer, Michael J ^a   Williams, Steven C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION;

EID: 44449111751     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20063     Document Type: Article

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