Subsecond Changes in Top–Down Control Exerted by Human Medial Frontal Cortex during Conflict and Action Selection: A Combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation–Electroencephalography Study
Taylor P, Nobre A, Rushworth M. Subsecond Changes in Top–Down Control Exerted by Human Medial Frontal Cortex during Conflict and Action Selection: A Combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation–Electroencephalography Study. Journal Of Neuroscience 2007, 27: 11343-11353. PMID: 17942729, PMCID: PMC6673042, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2877-07.2007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal medial frontal cortexLateralized readiness potentialMedial frontal cortexIncongruent trialsVisual stimulus onsetAction selectionFrontal cortexStimulus onsetHuman medial frontal cortexCortical activityEriksen flanker taskTop-down modulationRight handMotor cortexIncreased error ratesMotor cortical activityInterfere with behaviorCongruent trialsFlanker taskResponse conflictTranscranial magnetic stimulationRight motor cortexControl exertionIncorrect responsesReadiness potential