Switching attention and resolving interference: fMRI measures of executive functions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-370

  Sylvester, Ching Yune C ^a   Wager, Tor D ^a   Lacey, Steven C ^a   Hernandez, Luis ^a   Nichols, Thomas E ^a   Smith, Edward E ^a   Jonides, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive function; Interference; Response inhibition; Switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACCADES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037210728     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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