The interaction of process and domain in prefrontal cortex during inductive reasoning

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-99

  Babcock, Laura ^a   Vallesi, Antonino ^b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive function; FMRI; Frontal lobe; Hemispheric specialization; Spatial; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCTIVE REASONING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949115706     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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