Flexible coding of task rules in frontoparietal cortex: An adaptive system for flexible cognitive control

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1895-1911

  Woolgar, Alexandra ^a   Afshar, Soheil ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a   Rich, Anina N ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CODING; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; MULTIVOXEL PATTERN ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ADAPTATION; BRAIN MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940878497     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00827     Document Type: Article

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