Sex and performance level effects on brain activation during a verbal fluency task: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-176

  Gauthier, Christophe T ^a,b   Duyme, Michel ^b   Zanca, Michel ^c   Capron, Christiane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Performance differences; Sex differences; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 58149458845     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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