Probing the cortical network underlying the psychological refractory period: A combined EEG-fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1608-1621

  Hesselmann, G ^a   Flandin, G ^b   Dehaene, S ^c,d,e  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit ^*  (France)

^d SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^e l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Combined EEG fMRI; Dual task; EEG; FMRI; P3; PRP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955469336     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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