Hippocampal size predicts rapid learning of a cognitive map in humans

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 515-528

  Schinazi, Victor R ^a   Nardi, Daniele ^b   Newcombe, Nora S ^b   Shipley, Thomas F ^b   Epstein, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate; Navigation; Spatial learning; Volumetry; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BUILDING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878211635     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22111     Document Type: Article

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