Dissecting contributions of prefrontal cortex and fusiform face area to face working memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 771-784

  Druzgal, T Jason ^a,b   D'Esposito, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FACE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041823361     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903322370708     Document Type: Article

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