Causal interactions in attention networks predict behavioral performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1284-1292

  Wen, Xiaotong ^a   Yao, Li ^b   Liu, Yijun ^c,d   Ding, Mingzhou ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION NETWORK; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TEMPORAL-PARIETAL JUNCTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863012757     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2817-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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