A neural network model of individual differences in task switching abilities

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 375-389

  Herd, Seth A ^a   O׳Reilly, Randall C ^a   Hazy, Tom E ^a   Chatham, Christopher H ^a   Brant, Angela M ^a   Friedman, Naomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Executive control; Genetics; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMT GENE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROOP TEST;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84929282714     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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