Rostral prefrontal cortex and the focus of attention in prospective memory

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1876-1886

  Benoit, Roland G ^a,b   Gilbert, Sam J ^b   Frith, Chris D ^c,d   Burgess, Paul W ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anterior prefrontal cortex; delayed intentions; fMRI; frontopolar cortex; task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; ROSTRAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863667065     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr264     Document Type: Article

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