Broad domain generality in focal regions of frontal and parietal cortex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16616-16621

  Fedorenko, Evelina ^a,b   Duncan, John ^c,d   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Multiple demand system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; MULTIPLE-DEMAND SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 84884768826     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315235110     Document Type: Article

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