Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex plays a necessary role in rapid error prediction in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 14000-14005

  Modirrousta, Mandana ^a   Fellows, Lesley K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring; Decision making; Executive function; Lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGED; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149384389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4450-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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