The neural correlates of problem states: Testing fMRI predictions of a computational model of multitasking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Borst, Jelmer P ^a   Taatgen, Niels A ^a   Stocco, Andrea ^b   van Rijn, Hedderik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958544782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012966     Document Type: Article

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