The function and organization of lateral prefrontal cortex: A test of competing hypotheses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Reynolds, Jeremy R ^a   O'Reilly, Randall C ^b   Cohen, Jonathan D ^c   Braver, Todd S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RELIABILITY; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857065417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030284     Document Type: Article

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