Project

The role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in cognitive control: Evidence from TMS and patient studies

Code
3F011209
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Human experimental psychology
Keywords
cognitive control dorsolateral prefrontal cortex frontal lesions transcranial magnetic stimulation
 
Project description

This project investigates the function of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in two forms of adaptive behaviour, namely conflict adaptation and reinforcement learning. One part of this project focuses on the use of rTMS on the DLPFC as the most important research method. In a second part, patients with a DLPFC lesion will be studied.