Dissociable processes of cognitive control during error and non-error conflicts: A study of the stop signal task

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hendrick, Olivia M ^a   Ide, Jaime S ^a   Luo, Xi ^a   Li, Chiang Shan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78049273282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013155     Document Type: Article

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