Anterior medial prefrontal cortex exhibits activation during task preparation but deactivation during task execution.

BACKGROUND: The anterior prefrontal cortex (PFC) exhibits activation during some cognitive tasks, including episodic memory, reasoning, attention, multitasking, task sets, decision making, mentalizing, and processing of self-referenced information. However, the medial part of anterior PFC is part of...

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Main Authors: Hideya Koshino, Takehiro Minamoto, Takashi Ikeda, Mariko Osaka, Yuki Otsuka, Naoyuki Osaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3148238?pdf=render