Subsecond changes in top down control exerted by human medial frontal cortex during conflict and action selection: a combined transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalography study.

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Action selection requires choosing one of all the possible conflicting action plans that are available. There is currently a debate as to whether the dorsal medial frontal cortex (dMFC) merely detects or actively resolves response conflict. We used combined on-line transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalographic recording (TMS-EEG) to test whether human dMFC plays a critical causal role in conflict resolution, and whether the mechanism for such a function is via interactions wit...

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Authors: Taylor, P; Nobre, A; Rushworth, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 42
• Pages: 11343-11353
• Publication date: 2007-10-01
• DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2877-07.2007
• EISSN: 1529-2401
• ISSN: 0270-6474
• Language: English
• Keywords: Functional Laterality; Adult; Attention; Frontal Lobe; Female; Male; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Humans; Electroencephalography; Reaction Time; Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance