Role of Broca's area in implicit motor skill learning: Evidence from continuous theta-burst magnetic stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-92

  Clerget, Emeline ^a   Poncin, William ^a   Fadiga, Luciano ^b,c   Olivier, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455134483     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00108     Document Type: Article

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