Associative Recognition Memory Awareness Improved by Theta-Burst Stimulation of Frontopolar Cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1200-1210

  Ryals, Anthony J ^a   Rogers, Lynn M ^b   Gross, Evan Z ^a   Polnaszek, Kelly L ^a   Voss, Joel L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; judgments of learning; metamemory; prefrontal cortex; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOPOLAR CORTEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961250528     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu311     Document Type: Article

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