Shifting set about task switching: Behavioral and neural evidence for distinct forms of cognitive flexibility

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2924-2935

  Ravizza, Susan M ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive function; fMRI; Superior parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROL STRATEGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 48049095700     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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