Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , 15 December 2007

Prefrontal cerebral activity during a simple “rock, paper, scissors” task measured by the noninvasive near-infrared spectroscopy method

  • Senichiro Kikuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 285587364; fax: +81 285446198.
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  • Kazuhiko Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Yasunori Onishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Fumio Kubota

      Affiliations

    • Health and Medical Center, Gunma University School of Medicine, Aramaki-Machi, Maebashi City, Gunma pref., 371–0044, Japan
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  • Koichi Nisijima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Hideaki Tamai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Yuiko Koizumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Eiju Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan
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  • Satoshi Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, 3311–1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi pref., 329–0498, Japan

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 30 December 2006 ,Accepted 14 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.01.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , 15 December 2007

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