Using neural pattern classifiers to quantify the modularity of conflict-control mechanisms in the human brain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1793-1805

  Jiang, Jiefeng ^a   Egner, Tobias ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive control; conflict; multivoxel pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CALCARINE SULCUS; CONFLICT; CUNEUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; THALAMUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902459258     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht029     Document Type: Article

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