Neural mechanisms of dual-task interference and cognitive capacity limitation in the prefrontal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 601-611

  Watanabe, Kei ^a,b   Funahashi, Shintaro ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL INTERACTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897406194     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3667     Document Type: Article

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