Task preparation and neural activation in stimulus-specific brain regions: An fMRI study with the cued task-switching paradigm

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-51

  Shi, Yiquan ^a,b   Meindl, Thomas ^c   Szameitat, Andrei J ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a,d   Schubert, Torsten ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Preparatory modulation; Residual activation; Selective enhancement; Stimulus specific regions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897069162     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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