Dissociable neural correlates of intention and action preparation in voluntary task switching

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 465-478

  Poljac, Edita ^a   Yeung, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; EEG; Intentions; Task switching; Voluntary action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MU RHYTHM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; EEG; INTENTIONS; TASK SWITCHING; VOLUNTARY ACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896366402     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs326     Document Type: Article

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