The neural mechanisms of semantic and response conflicts: An fMRI study of practice-related effects in the Stroop task

NeuroImage

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 577-584

  Chen, Zhencai ^a   Lei, Xu ^a   Ding, Cody ^a,b   Li, Hong ^c   Chen, Antao ^a,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FMRI; Practice effects; Response conflict; Semantic conflict; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONFLICT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870332696     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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