Executive control over cognition: Stronger and earlier rule-based modulation of spatial category signals in prefrontal cortex relative to parietal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3499-3515

  Goodwin, Shikha J ^a,d   Blackman, Rachael K ^c,d   Sakellaridi, Sofia ^b,d   Chafee, Matthew V ^b,c,d  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DYNAMIC SPATIAL CATEGORIZATION TASK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MACACA; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857812850     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3585-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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