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Flexible and specific contributions of thalamic subdivisions to human cognition

Linda A Antonucci1, Nora Penzel2, Alessandro Pigoni3

  • 1Department of Education, Psychology and Communication - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Section for Neurodiagnostic Applications, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
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Keywords:
Cognitive specificityNeuropsychologySigned differential mappingThalamic parcelingThalamusfMRI

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