Right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex mediates individual differences in conflict-driven cognitive control

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3903-3913

  Egner, Tobias ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONFLICT ADAPTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055110976     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00064     Document Type: Article

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