Changing the structure of complex visuo-motor sequences selectively activates the fronto-parietal network

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1180-1189

  Pammi, V S Chandrasekhar ^a   Miyapuram, K P ^b   Ahmed, ^c   Samejima, Kazuyuki ^d,e   Bapi, Raju S ^c   Doya, Kenji ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^f OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chunking; Complex sequence learning; FMRI; Hierarchical organization; Sequence learning; Trial and error learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055181268     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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