Activity of neurons in human temporal cortex during identification and memory for names and words

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 5674-5682

  Ojemann, George A ^a   Schoenfield McNeill, Julie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cortex; Human; Language; Memory; Neuron; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033169054     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-13-05674.1999     Document Type: Article

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