Pilot fMRI investigation of representational plasticity associated with motor skill learning and its functional consequences

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-453

  Plow, Ela B ^a,b   Carey, James R ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); Learning; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Representation; Skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TRAINING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865993775     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9158-3     Document Type: Article

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