How feedback, motor imagery, and reward influence brain self-regulation using real-time fMRI

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3153-3171

  Sepulveda, Pradyumna ^a   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^a,b   Rana, Mohit ^a   Montalba, Cristian ^a   Tejos, Cristian ^a   Ruiz, Sergio ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

learning; mental strategy; motor imagery; neurofeedback; real time fMRI; reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 84982899239     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23228     Document Type: Article

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