Evidence for a cognitive control network for goal-directed attention in simple sustained attention

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Hilti, Caroline C ^a   Jann, Kay ^a   Heinemann, Doerthe ^a   Federspiel, Andrea ^a   Dierks, Thomas ^a   Seifritz, Erich ^b   Cattapan Ludewig, Katja ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^c Sanatorium Kilchberg AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive control network; Dorsal anterior cingulated cortex; Inter individual differences; Performance decrement; Sustained attention; Vigilance decrement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BILATERAL FRONTAL CINGULATE INSULAR PARIETAL NETWORK; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE CONTROL NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PERFORMANCE DECREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING TASK ZERO; REACTION TIME; SIMPLE SUSTAINED ATTENTION; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84871403785     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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