Out of control: Diminished prefrontal activity coincides with impaired motor performance due to choking under pressure

NeuroImage

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-155

  Lee, Taraz G ^a   Grafton, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESSURE; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912124644     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.058     Document Type: Article

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