A tweaking principle for executive control: Neuronal circuit mechanism for rule-based task switching and conflict resolution

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19504-19517

  Ardid, Salva ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Jing ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractor dynamics; Congruency effect; Flexible behavior; Sensory motor conflict; Switch cost; Top down control

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTRACTOR DYNAMICS; CONGRUENCY EFFECT; FLEXIBLE BEHAVIOR; SENSORY-MOTOR CONFLICT; SWITCH COST; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HAPLORHINI; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84889796831     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1356-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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