Top-down inhibitory control exerted by the medial frontal cortex during action selection under conflict

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1634-1648

  Duque, Julie ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a   Rushworth, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOP DOWN INHIBITORY CONTROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84883147269     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00421     Document Type: Article

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