Neural mechanisms of transient and sustained cognitive control during task switching

Neuron

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-726

  Braver, Todd S ^a   Reynolds, Jeremy R ^a   Donaldson, David I ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0041519433     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00466-5     Document Type: Article

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