Association between language and spatial laterality and cognitive ability: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1818-1829

  Powell, Joanne L ^a   Kemp, Graham J ^a   García Finaña, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; FMRI; Handedness; Language; Laterality; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055181242     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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