Fractionating the cognitive control required to bring about a change in task: A dense-sensor event-related potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-267

  Astle, Duncan E ^a,b   Jackson, G M ^a   Swainson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38549130657     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20015     Document Type: Article

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