The hemodynamics of cognitive control: The level of concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin in the superior prefrontal cortex varies as a function of performance in a modified Stroop task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-256

  León Carrion, José ^a,b   Damas López, Jesús ^a,b   Martín Rodríguez, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Domínguez Roldán, José Maria ^c   Murillo Cabezas, Francisco ^c   Barroso y Martin, Juan Manuel ^a   Domínguez Morales, M Rosario ^b  

^a School of Psychology of the University   (Spain)

^b Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation CRECER   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cognitive control; Executive attention; fNIRS; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 48749103774     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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