The role of the lateral frontal cortex in mnemonic processing: The contribution of functional neuroimaging

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Owen, Adrian M ^a,b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral; fMRI; PET; Ventrolateral; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034124551     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000398     Document Type: Review

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