Implicit structured sequence learning: An fMRI study of the structural mere-exposure effect

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Folia, Vasiliki ^a,b   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial grammar learning; Artificial syntax; fMRI; Implicit learning; Inferior frontal gyrus; Preference classification; Structural mere exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897596601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00041     Document Type: Article

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