Dissociations in the processing of 'what' and 'where' information in working memory: An event-related potential analysis

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 453-473

  Mecklinger, A ^a   Muller N ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029841160     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.5.453     Document Type: Article

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