In the zone or zoning out? Tracking behavioral and neural fluctuations during sustained attention

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2712-2723

  Esterman, Michael ^a,b   Noonan, Sarah K ^a,b   Rosenberg, Monica ^a   Degutis, Joseph ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous performance task; default mode network; dorsal attention network; fMRI; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEURAL FLUCTUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TASK; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FMRI; VIGILANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885928940     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs261     Document Type: Article

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