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 cortexWhere Memory Meets Attention: Neural Substrates of Negative Priming
Egner T, Hirsch J. Where Memory Meets Attention: Neural Substrates of Negative Priming. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2005, 17: 1774-1784. PMID: 16269113, DOI: 10.1162/089892905774589226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic retrievalNegative primingStimulus featuresColor-naming Stroop taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexEpisodic memory retrievalSelective attention performanceMemory retrieval functionsEvent-related fMRICurrent target stimulusSelective attention systemNegative priming effectDorsolateral prefrontal cortexStroop taskAttention systemDistractor stimuliMemory retrievalAttention performanceNeurophysiological predictionsTarget stimuliStimulus informationNeural substratesNeural responsesTheoretical accountsPriming effect