Decision-making conflict and the neural efficiency hypothesis of intelligence: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy investigation

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-317

  Di Domenico, Stefano I ^a   Rodrigo, Achala H ^a   Ayaz, Hasan ^b   Fournier, Marc A ^a   Ruocco, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Decision making; Inferior frontal gyrus; Intelligence; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neural efficiency hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PROCHLORAZ; TRENBOLONE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEURAL EFFICIENCY HYPOTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922439944     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.01.039     Document Type: Article

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