Verbal working memory load affects regional brain activation as measured by PET

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-475

  Jonides, John ^a   Schumacher, Eric H ^a   Smith, Edward E ^a   Lauber, Erick J ^b   Awh, Edward ^a   Minoshima, Satoshi ^a   Koeppe, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0030755965     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.4.462     Document Type: Article

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