Neural communication patterns underlying conflict detection, resolution, and adaptation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 10438-10452

  Oehrn, Carina R ^a   Hanslmayr, Simon ^b,c   Fell, Juergen ^a   Deuker, Lorena ^a,d   Kremers, Nico A ^a   Do Lam, Anne T ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Axmacher, Nikolai ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; Oscillations; Stroop; ;

Indexed keywords

DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; OSCILLATIONS; STROOP; Γ; Θ;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905020678     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3099-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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