Brain activity patterns during phonological verbal fluency performance with varying levels of difficulty: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in Portuguese-speaking healthy individuals

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 864-873

  Senhorini, Maurien C T ^a   Cerqueira, Carlos T ^a   Schaufelberger, Maristela S ^a   Almeida, Jorge C ^a   Amaro, Edson ^a   Sato, João R ^a   Barreiros, Maria A M ^a   Ayres, Adriana M ^a   Castro, Cláudio C ^a   Scazufca, Márcia ^a   Menezes, Paulo R ^a   Busatto, Geraldo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Language; Magnetic resonance imaging; Verbal fluency; Word production

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053528571     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2011.561299     Document Type: Article

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