Abstract
The brain's default mode network consists of discrete, bilateral and symmetrical cortical areas, in the medial and lateral parietal, medial prefrontal, and medial and lateral temporal cortices of the human, nonhuman primate, cat, and rodent brains. Its ...Read More
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NeurosciencePsychologyHuman brainDefault mode networkPrimatePrefrontal cortexAnatomyBiologyFunctional connectivityCognition
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- 13
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- 25-42
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Michael I. Posner,
Steven L. Petersen
(1990).
The Attention System of the Human Brain.
Annual Review of Neuroscience
, 13
(1)
, 25-42.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.000325
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- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.000325