The modulatory influence of the functional COMT Val158Met polymorphism on lexical decisions and semantic priming

The role of the prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in higher cognitive functions - including working memory, conflict resolution, set shifting and semantic processing - has been demonstrated unequivocally. Despite the great heterogeneity among tasks measuring these phenotypes, due in part to the different cogn...

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Main Authors: Martin Reuter, Christian Montag, Kristina Peters, Anne Kocher, Markus Kiefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2009-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.020.2009/full