The effect of fMRI (Noise) on cognitive control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-301

  Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Fischer, Rico ^b   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   Van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^c   Cellini, Cristiano ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Event file; FMRI; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NOISE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865320844     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026353     Document Type: Article

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