High and low stimulus-driven conflict engage segregated brain networks, not quantitatively different resources

Brain Topography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 279-292

  Chouiter, Leila ^a   Dieguez, Sebastian ^a   Annoni, Jean Marie ^a   Spierer, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EEG; Electrical source estimation; Inhibitory control; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NERVE NET; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894503918     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-013-0303-0     Document Type: Article

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