Medial frontal cortex function: An introduction and overview

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-265

  Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^b   Braver, Todd S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSCIENCE; PUBLICATION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 37549001794     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.7.4.261     Document Type: Review

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