Anticipating the consequences of action: An fMRI study of intention-based task preparation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1019-1027

  Ruge, Hannes ^a   Müller, Sven C ^b   Braver, Todd S ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action effects; Action selection; Attention; Cognitive control; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649424110     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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