Function and localization within rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1481, 2007, Pages 887-899

  Burgess, Paul W ^a   Gilbert, Sam J ^a   Dumontheil, Iroise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior prefrontal cortex; BA 10; Executive function; Frontal lobes; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34250341798     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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