Lessons from the human brain: Neuronal activity related to cognition

Neuroscientist

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-300

  Ojemann, George A ^a   Ojemann, Steven G ^b   Fried, Itzhak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Language; Memory; Microelectrode recording; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031825088     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849800400417     Document Type: Review

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