Connecting long distance: Semantic distance in analogical reasoning modulates frontopolar cortex activity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Green, Adam E ^a   Kraemer, David J M ^b,c   Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^d   Gray, Jeremy R ^a   Dunbar, Kevin N ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analogy; Anterior prefrontal; FMRI; Mapping; Relational integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049119642     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp081     Document Type: Article

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