A hierarchy for relational reasoning in the prefrontal cortex

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-597

  Krawczyk, Daniel C ^a,b   Michelle McClelland, M ^a   Donovan, Colin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Prefrontal cortex; Reasoning; Semantic memory; Visuo spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952706317     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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