An information theoretical approach to prefrontal executive function

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Koechlin, Etienne ^a,b   Summerfield, Christopher ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BRAIN IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; UNITARY FUNCTION;

INFORMATION THEORY;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MODEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THEORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION THEORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THINKING;

EID: 34249278114     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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