The nature and time-course of medial temporal lobe contributions to semantic retrieval: An fMRI study on verbal fluency

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1451-1466

  Sheldon, Signy ^a,b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Fluency; Hippocampus; Semantic memory; Task characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL FLUENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861348523     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20985     Document Type: Article

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