Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control in Cued Task-Switching: Rules, Representations, and Preparation

Neuroscience of Rule-Guided Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ruge, Hannes ^a   Braver, Todd S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Competition resolution; Preparatory activation; Response effect mapping; Stimulus response mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921606998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195314274.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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