Anatomical and functional differences between the paced auditory serial addition test and the symbol digit modalities test

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-50

  Forn, Cristina ^a   Belenguer, Antonio ^b   Belloch, Vicente ^c   Sanjuan, Ana ^a   Parcet, M Antonia ^a   Ávila, Cesar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^c Hospital General Universitario Avda   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Information processing speed; Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; Symbol Digit Modalities Test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651329644     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.481620     Document Type: Article

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