The central role of the prefrontal cortex in directing attention to novel events

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 927-939

  Daffner, Kirk R ^a,b   Mesulam, M M ^d   Scinto, L F M ^a   Acar, D ^a   Calvo, V ^a   Faust, R ^a   Chabrerie, A ^b   Kennedy, B ^c   Holcomb, P ^e  

^a Div of Cogn and Behav Neurology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apathy; Attention; Frontal lobes; Novelty; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034089325     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.5.927     Document Type: Article

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