Attention, self-regulation and consciousness

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1377, 1998, Pages 1915-1927

  Posner, Michael I ^b   Rothbart, Mary K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Attention; Consciousness; Marker tasks; Temperament; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032578951     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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