Semantic encoding and retrieval in the left inferior prefrontal cortex: A functional MRI study of task difficulty and process specificity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 5870-5878

  Demb, Jonathan B ^a   Desmond, John E ^a   Wagner, Anthony D ^a   Vaidya, Chandan J ^a   Glover, Gary H ^a   Gabrieli, John D E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area 8; executive functioning; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); implicit memory; prefrontal cortex; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029047560     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-09-05870.1995     Document Type: Article

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