Brain stimulation modulates driving behavior
Open Access
- 6 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Behavioral and Brain Functions
- Vol. 4 (1) , 34
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-4-34
Abstract
Driving a car is a complex task requiring coordinated functioning of distributed brain regions. Controlled and safe driving depends on the integrity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), a brain region, which has been shown to mature in late adolescence.Keywords
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