Anterior prefrontal cortex contributions to attention control

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-278

  Pollmann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive processes; FMRI; Frontopolar cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; VISION;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10444251123     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.51.4.270     Document Type: Review

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