Common and distinct mechanisms of cognitive flexibility in prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4771-4779

  Kim, Chobok ^a   Johnson, Nathan F ^a   Cilles, Sara E ^a   Gold, Brian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL JUNCTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955744521     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5923-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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