Changes in brain activation induced by the training of hypothesis generation skills: An fMRI study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-397

  Kwon, Yong Ju ^a   Lee, Jun Ki ^a   Shin, Dong Hoon ^a   Jeong, Jin Su ^b  

^a Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain activation change; fMRI; Hypothesis generation skills; Inferior frontal gyrus; Superior frontal gyrus; Training induced activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349096449     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.08.032     Document Type: Article

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