Multiple conflict-driven control mechanisms in the human brain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 374-380

  Egner, Tobias ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CONTROL; CONTROL LOOPS; CONTROL MECHANISMS; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC; HUMAN BRAINS; IN-LINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEURAL REPRESENTATIONS; TASK DEMANDS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CONFLICT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 52049122113     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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