Transient and sustained activity in a distributed neural system for human working memory

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6625, 1997, Pages 608-611

  Courtney, Susan M ^a   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^a   Keil, Katrina ^a   Haxby, James V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030739244     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386608a0     Document Type: Article

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