The anterior cingulate as a conflict monitor: FMRI and ERP studies

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 477-482

  Van Veen, Vincent ^a,b   Carter, Cameron S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cingulate; Conflict; Error related negativity; Event related potentials; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Interference; N2; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036950842     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00930-7     Document Type: Article

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