Perspective: Causes and functional significance of temporal variations in attention control

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Lenartowicz, Agatha ^a   Simpson, Gregory V ^b   Cohen, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Brain Plasticity Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention control; Attention deficits; Default mode network; Fluctuations; Frontoparietal; Network dynamics; Neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION CONTROL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROMODULATION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; THINKING; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84933679277     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00381     Document Type: Article

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