Interleaved practice enhances skill learning and the functional connectivity of fronto-parietal networks

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1542-1558

  Janice Lin, Chien Ho ^a,b   Chiang, Ming Chang ^c   Knowlton, Barbara J ^b   Iacoboni, Marco ^b   Udompholkul, Parima ^a   Wu, Allan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contextual interference; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Practice schedule; Psychophysiological interaction; Serial reaction time task; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879248736     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22009     Document Type: Article

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