Rule activity related to spatial and numerical magnitudes: Comparison of prefrontal, premotor, and cingulate motor cortices

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1000-1012

  Eiselt, Anne Kathrin ^a   Nieder, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; GYRUS CINGULI; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897380429     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00545     Document Type: Article

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