Recruitment of lateral rostral prefrontal cortex in spontaneous and task-related thoughts

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1740-1756

  Dumontheil, Iroise ^a,b   Gilbert, Sam J ^a   Frith, Christopher D ^c,d   Burgess, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mind wandering; Rostral prefrontal cortex; Task unrelated thoughts

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; THINKING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956708328     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903538114     Document Type: Article

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