Spatial relations and spatial locations are dissociated within prefrontal and parietal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2419-2429

  Ackerman, Christopher M ^a   Courtney, Susan M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Hierarchical organization; Reasoning; Representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL SULCUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868317889     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01024.2011     Document Type: Article

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