An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue , 2001, Pages 167-202

  Miller, E K ^a   Cohen, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Executive control; Frontal lobes; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THINKING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034928713     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.24.1.167     Document Type: Review

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