Imaging fatigue of interference control reveals the neural basis of executive resource depletion

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-351

  Persson, Jonas ^a,b,c   Larsson, Anne ^c   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 84873156470     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00321     Document Type: Article

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