Decoding the role of the insula in human cognition: Functional parcellation and large-scale reverse inference

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 739-749

  Chang, Luke J ^a,b   Yarkoni, Tal ^c   Khaw, Mel Win ^d   Sanfey, Alan G ^a,e,f  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

connectivity; insula; meta analysis; parcellation; reverse inference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84873641303     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs065     Document Type: Article

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