The neurodynamics underlying attentional control in set shifting tasks

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-259

  Stemme, Anja ^a   Deco, Gustavo ^b   Busch, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Neurodynamical model; PFC; Set shifting task; Stimulus congruency; Stroop task; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547434822     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-007-9019-8     Document Type: Article

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