The contribution of primary motor cortex is essential for probabilistic implicit sequence learning: Evidence from theta burst magnetic stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-436

  Wilkinson, Leonora ^a   Teo, James T ^a   Obeso, Ignacio ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a   Jahanshahi, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749108586     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21208     Document Type: Article

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