Two mechanisms for task switching in the prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5135-5142

  Hyafil, Alexandre ^a   Summerfield, Christopher ^c   Koechlin, Etienne ^a,b,d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMAGING; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 65549156233     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2828-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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