Components of task-set reconfiguration: Differential effects of 'switch-to' and 'switch-away' cues

Brain Research

Volumn 1121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-176

  Nicholson, Rebecca ^a,b   Karayanidis, Frini ^a,b,c   Davies, Anna ^d   Michie, Patricia T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders NISAD   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Attentional control; ERP; Task set reconfiguration; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750738922     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.101     Document Type: Article

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