Theta dynamics reveal domain-specific control over stimulus and response conflict

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1264-1274

  Nigbur, Roland ^a   Cohen, Michael X ^b,c   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^b   Stürmer, Birgit ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859122859     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00128     Document Type: Article

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