Multi-task connectivity reveals flexible hubs for adaptive task control

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1348-1355

  Cole, Michael W ^a   Reynolds, Jeremy R ^b   Power, Jonathan D ^c   Repovs, Grega ^d   Anticevic, Alan ^e   Braver, Todd S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTO PARIETAL BRAIN NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC THEORIES AND SCHOOLS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; LOGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883453761     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3470     Document Type: Article

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