Hemodynamic differences in the activation of the prefrontal cortex: Attention vs. higher cognitive processing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 698-706

  Toichi, Motomi ^a,b   Findling, Robert L ^a   Kubota, Yasutaka ^b   Calabrese, Joseph R ^a   Wiznitzer, Max ^a   McNamara, Nora K ^a   Yamamoto, Kokichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebral activation; Hemodynamic changes; Higher cognitive processing; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0347951087     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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