Frontal activations associated with accessing and evaluating information in working memory: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1531-1539

  Zhang, John X ^a,c   Leung, Hoi Chung ^b   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0344983784     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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