Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 415-423

  Curtis, Clayton E ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MODEL; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0043264383     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00197-9     Document Type: Review

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