Differential patterns of cortical activation as a function of fluid reasoning complexity

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 497-510

  Perfetti, Bernardo ^a,b   Saggino, Aristide ^a   Ferretti, Antonio ^a   Caulo, Massimo ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a   Onofrj, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b CeSI Fondazione G d'Annunzio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; FMRI; Individual differences; Intelligence; Intelligence tests; Mental effort; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949100943     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20519     Document Type: Article

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