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Executive Control Network

Executive Control Network is a large-scale brain network, distinguished from other functional networks by its central role in coordinating cognitive control processes such as working memory, task switching, and inhibitory control, primarily through reciprocal interactions between the lateral prefrontal and parietal cortical regions.

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Publications per year

2017–2026

613

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Publications

1.3K

The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis

Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman, Michael J. Emerson et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 2000 · 15.5K citations

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Dissociable Intrinsic Connectivity Networks for Salience Processing and Executive Control

William W. Seeley, Vinod Menon, Alan F. Schatzberg et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2007 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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The Architecture of Cognitive Control in the Human Prefrontal Cortex

Étienne Koechlin, Chrystèle Ody, Frédérique Kouneiher · Science · 2003 · 1.9K citations

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Metacognition, Executive Control, Self-Regulation, and Other More Mysterious Mechanisms

Ann L. Brown · 2026 · 1.5K citations

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Default network activity, coupled with the frontoparietal control network, supports goal-directed cognition

R. Nathan Spreng, W. Dale Stevens, Jon Chamberlain et al. · NeuroImage · 2010 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. JF
    Jin Fan

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. JL
    Juan Lupiáñez

    Universidad de Granada, Spain

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. KW
    Kai Wang

    Anhui Medical University, China

    12 publications · 566 citations

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  4. RN
    R. Nathan Spreng

    McGill University, Canada

    11 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. GD
    Guangheng Dong

    Zhejiang Normal University, China

    9 publications · 507 citations

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Institutions

1.6K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    32 h-index

    131 publications

    18.4K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    25 h-index

    76 publications

    14.3K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    25 h-index

    90 publications

    8.8K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    25 h-index

    59 publications

    15K citations

  5. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    87 publications

    5.2K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    23 h-index

    83 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    22 h-index

    58 publications

    4.4K citations

  8. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    22 h-index

    45 publications

    4.3K citations

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Venues

  1. NeuroImage

    81 publications · 10.5K citations

    51

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  2. Human Brain Mapping

    51 publications · 3.9K citations

    35

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    33 publications · 13K citations

    29

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  4. Cerebral Cortex

    43 publications · 4.3K citations

    29

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  5. PLoS ONE

    38 publications · 1.9K citations

    28

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