The neural basis of syllogistic reasoning: An event-related potential study

Brain Research

Volumn 1273, Issue , 2009, Pages 106-113

  Qiu, Jiang ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b   Luo, Yuejia ^c   Zhang, Qinglin ^a,b   Tu, Shen ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); Event related potential (ERP); Medial frontal gyrus; Syllogistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349102247     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.054     Document Type: Article

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