Neural substrates of cognitive control under the belief of getting neurofeedback training

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ninaus, Manuel ^a   Kober, Silvia E ^a   Witte, Matthias ^a   Koschutnig, Karl ^a   Stangl, Matthias ^b   Neuper, Christa ^a,c   Wood, Guilherme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior insula; Cognitive control; fMRI; Neurofeedback; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHAM PROCEDURE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

EID: 84891636340     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00914     Document Type: Article

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