Challenges to attention: A continuous arterial spin labeling (ASL) study of the effects of distraction on sustained attention

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1518-1529

  Demeter, Elise ^a   Hernandez Garcia, Luis ^b   Sarter, Martin ^a,b   Lustig, Cindy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ASL perfusion fMRI; Cognitive control; Distraction; Fronto parietal network; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPIN LABELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649658052     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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