Activation of multi-modal cortical areas underlies short-term memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1965-1971

  Klingberg, Torkel ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a,b   Roland, Per E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Positron emission tomography; Regional cerebral blood flow; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0029762451     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01340.x     Document Type: Article

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