Single-task fMRI overlap predicts concurrent multitasking interference

NeuroImage

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-74

  Nijboer, Menno ^a   Borst, Jelmer ^a,b   van Rijn, Hedderik ^a   Taatgen, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task; FMRI; Interference; Multitasking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN STIMULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903895616     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.082     Document Type: Article

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