Hedonic Hotspots Regulate Cingulate-driven Adaptation to Cognitive Demands

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1746-1756

  Van Steenbergen, Henk ^a   Band, Guido P H ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anterior cingulate cortex; basal ganglia; cognitive control; conflict adaptation; humor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VENTRAL PALLIDUM; VENTRAL STRIATUM; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFLICT; HUMOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904405987     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht416     Document Type: Article

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