Cortical capacity constraints for visual working memory: Dissociation of fMRI load effects in a fronto-parietal network

NeuroImage

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1518-1530

  Linden, David E J ^a,b   Bittner, Robert A ^b   Muckli, Lars ^a   Waltz, James A ^a   Kriegeskorte, Nikolaus ^c   Goebel, Rainer ^c   Singer, Wolf ^a   Munk, Matthias H J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0344983800     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.07.021     Document Type: Article

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