Endogenous inhibition and the neural basis of "free won't"

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 51, 2007, Pages 13919-13920

  Mirabella, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; BRAIN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEURAL INHIBITION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 38449105392     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4943-07.2007     Document Type: Short Survey

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