Human prefrontal cortex is not specific for working memory: A functional MRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-282

  D'Esposito, M ^a   Ballard, D ^a   Aguirre, G K ^a   Zarahn, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Functional MRI; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032189319     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0364     Document Type: Article

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