How to test for dual-task-specific effects in brain imaging studies - An evaluation of potential analysis methods

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1765-1773

  Szameitat, André J ^a   Schubert, Torsten ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL TASK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78650209224     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.069     Document Type: Note

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