Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex resolves conflict from distracting stimuli by boosting attention toward relevant events

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Weissman, D H ^a   Gopalakrishnan, A ^a   Hazlett, C J ^a   Woldorff, M G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Attention; fMRI; Response conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 12144280888     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh125     Document Type: Article

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