Neural conflict-control mechanisms improve memory for target stimuli

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 833-843

  Krebs, Ruth M ^a   Boehler, Carsten N ^a   De Belder, Maya ^a   Egner, Tobias ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; conflict; fMRI; memory; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONFLICT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928346667     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht283     Document Type: Article

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