Prefrontal cortical mechanisms underlying individual differences in cognitive flexibility and stability

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2385-2399

  Armbruster, Diana J N ^a   Ueltzhöffer, Kai ^a,b   Basten, Ulrike ^a   Fiebach, Christian J ^a,b,c,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c IDeA Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education   (Germany)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868290717     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00286     Document Type: Article

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