Neuronal Correlates of Metacognition in Primate Frontal Cortex

Neuron

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-530

  Middlebrooks, Paul G ^a,b,c   Sommer, Marc A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENTAL TASK; METACOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPPLEMENTARY EYE FIELD;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84864934073     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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