A problem-solving task specialized for functional neuroimaging: Validation of the Scarborough adaptation of the Tower of London (S-TOL) using near-infrared spectroscopy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Ruocco, Anthony C ^a   Rodrigo, Achala H ^a   Lam, Jaeger ^a   Di Domenico, Stefano I ^a   Graves, Bryanna ^a   Ayaz, Hasan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive functioning; Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS); Problem solving; Tower of London; Validation

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCARBOROUGH ADAPTATION OF THE TOWER OF LONDON;

EID: 84897127339     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00185     Document Type: Article

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