Intentional inhibition in human action: The power of 'no'

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1107-1118

  Filevich, Elisa ^a   Kühn, Simone ^b,c   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action; Anarchic hand syndrome; Cognitive control; Inhibition; Intention; Volition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; INTENTIONAL INHIBITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; VOLITION;

EID: 84857132080     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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