An information theory account of cognitive control

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Fan, Jin ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Entropy; Frontoparietal network; Information theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906908861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00680     Document Type: Article

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