Anterior cingulate activity and level of cognitive conflict: Explicit comparisons

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1395-1401

  Mitchell, Rachel L C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Cognitive conflict; fMRI; Response competition; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPETITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33846104642     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.6.1395     Document Type: Article

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