Dissociable neural systems of sequence learning

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Gheysen, Freja ^a   Fias, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar task; Basal ganglia; Hippocampus; Neural systems; Sequence learning; Serial reaction time task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877993416     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5709/acp-0105-1     Document Type: Review

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