2009
Behavioral assessment in patients with disorders of consciousness: gold standard or fool's gold?
Giacino JT, Schnakers C, Rodriguez-Moreno D, Kalmar K, Schiff N, Hirsch J. Behavioral assessment in patients with disorders of consciousness: gold standard or fool's gold? Progress In Brain Research 2009, 177: 33-48. PMID: 19818893, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(09)17704-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessMedication side effectsSevere brain injuryAssessment of patientsBehavioral assessmentCurrent diagnostic criteriaFunctional neuroimaging findingsBrain injuryInvoluntary movementsNeuroimaging findingsMotor impairmentDiagnostic criteriaSide effectsBehavioral assessment techniquesNeurophysiologic markersVegetative stateConscious stateGold standardBehavioral assessment methodsFunctional neuroimagingPatientsDisordersIndirect evidenceBehavioral markersMarkers
2005
Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information
Egner T, Hirsch J. Cognitive control mechanisms resolve conflict through cortical amplification of task-relevant information. Nature Neuroscience 2005, 8: 1784-1790. PMID: 16286928, DOI: 10.1038/nn1594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttentionBehaviorBrain MappingCerebral CortexCerebrovascular CirculationCognitionConflict, PsychologicalDecision MakingFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNerve NetNeural PathwaysNeuropsychological TestsPattern Recognition, VisualPhotic StimulationPrefrontal CortexReaction TimeVisual CortexVolitionConceptsTask-relevant informationCognitive control mechanismsTask-irrelevant informationCognitive controlTask-relevant stimulus informationCognitive control systemConflict resolutionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman visual cortexAttentional biasingFace processingPerceptual processingFace stimuliStroop taskNeural representationStimulus informationResponse tendenciesOccurrence of conflictsHigh conflictPrefrontal cortexProminent modelsCortical responsesTrial levelCortical amplificationVisual cortex