The prefontral cortex and cognitive control

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Miller, Earl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INJURY; MACACA; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD;

EID: 0034304940     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036228     Document Type: Article

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