Task-order coordination in dual-task performance and the lateral prefrontal cortex: An event-related fMRI study

Psychological Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-552

  Szameitat, André J ^a,c   Lepsien, Jöran ^b   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a   Sterr, Annette ^c   Schubert, Torsten ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750028978     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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