A discussion of the role of frontoparietal activity in cognition.

Full Abstract

A consistently observed pattern in the functional brain imaging literature is that of joint frontal and parietal activation. Because this pattern of activation has been observed under many different experimental conditions and when different cognitive domains have been tested, it is likely that frontoparietal activity plays a very general role in cognition. This article considers one such possible role--the representation of behaviorally relevant information.

Author information

Author/s: Hon, Nicholas (N);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology & Centre for Life Sciences, National University of Singapore, 11 Law Link, Singapore 117570. psyhonn(-atsign-)nus.edu.sg

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: TheScientificWorldJournal (ScientificWorldJournal), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-; vol 7 (issue ) : pp 1708-14

Dates: Created 2007/11/05; Completed 2007/12/06;

PMID: 17982567, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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