Neural mechanisms of attention and control: Losing our inhibitions?

S.T. Nieuwenhuis; N. Yeung

doi:10.1038/nn1205-1631

Neural mechanisms of attention and control: Losing our inhibitions?

S.T. Nieuwenhuis, N. Yeung

Cognitive Psychology

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How are we able to focus our attention on the task at hand while ignoring myriad distractions? An elegant neuroimaging study in this issue finds that, contrary to a held view, the prefrontal cortex implements attentional control by amplifying task-relevant information, rather than by inhibiting distracting stimuli. © 2005 Nature Publishing Group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1631-1633
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	8
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1205-1631
Publication status	Published - 2005

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