Switching skills on by turning off part of the brain

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Young, Robyn L ^a   Ridding, Michael C ^b   Morrell, Tracy L ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; SAVANT SYNDROME; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; EIDETIC IMAGERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING;

EID: 7244231225     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490495140     Document Type: Article

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