Dissociable contributions of left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in planning

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^b,c   Spreer, Joachim ^d   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dissociation; executive functions; fMRI; lateralization; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651486111     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq096     Document Type: Article

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