Why overlearned sequences are special: Distinct neural networks for ordinal sequences

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Pariyadath, Vani ^a   Plitt, Mark H ^a   Churchill, Sara J ^a   Eagleman, David M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Language; Overlearned sequence; Predictability; Right hemisphere; Semantic dementia; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS;

EID: 84933672329     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00328     Document Type: Article

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