Improved modulation of rostrolateral prefrontal cortex using real-time fMRI training and meta-cognitive awareness

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1298-1305

  McCaig, R Graeme ^a   Dixon, Matt ^a   Keramatian, Kamyar ^a   Liu, Irene ^a   Christoff, Kalina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior prefrontal cortex; Executive functions; Introspection; Meta cognitive awareness; Self regulation; Thinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AWARENESS; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952071987     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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