Advance preparation in task-switching: Converging evidence from behavioral, brain activation, and model-based approaches

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2010, Pages

  Karayanidis, Frini ^a,b   Jamadar, Sharna ^a,b   Ruge, Hannes ^c   Phillips, Natalie ^d   Heathcote, Andrew ^a   Forstmann, Birte U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Schizophrenia Research Institute   (Australia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance preparation; Erp; Evidence accumulation models; Fmri; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052028158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00025     Document Type: Review

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