Local and global effects of motivation on cognitive control

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-718

  Savine, Adam C ^a   Braver, Todd S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Context; Individual differences; Motivation; Reward; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870881298     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0113-y     Document Type: Article

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