Most Cited in 2005

Field: Psychiatry/Psychology

Article Title: Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex

Authors: Aron, AR;Robbins, TW;Poldrack, RA

Journal: TRENDS COGN SCI, 8: 170-177, 2004
Institution: Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England.

Adam Aron answers a few questions about this month's new hot paper in the field

“The paper shows how a particular region of frontal cortex is important for the voluntary control of actions.”

Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

The paper reviews two of our empirical papers which show that a particular region of the
frontal cortex is necessary for cognitive function in humans. The frontal cortex is still
a deep mystery and results that convincingly relate cognitive function to a frontal brain
region are rare. Such results are highly encouraging and exciting for researchers who are
using other, more correlative, neuroscience methods that cannot demonstrate necessity.

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