Intensive language training and attention modulate the involvement of fronto-parietal regions during a non-verbal auditory discrimination task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-175

  Elmer, Stefan ^a   Meyer, Martin ^a   Marrama, Lucas ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention and categorization functions; Non verbal discrimination task; Simultaneous interpreters; Transfer effects

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 79959983460     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07728.x     Document Type: Article

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