Domain general and domain preferential brain regions associated with different types of task switching: A Meta-Analysis

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-142

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cognitive control; Context switching; Meta analysis; Perceptual switching; Response switching; Switch type; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 83455199115     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21199     Document Type: Article

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