The neural basis of executive function in working memory: An fMRI study based on individual differences

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 623-631

  Osaka, Naoyuki ^a   Osaka, Mariko ^b   Kondo, Hirohito ^a   Morishita, Masanao ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka University of Foreign Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

fMRI; Individual differences; Neural basis of executive function; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1242293821     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.09.069     Document Type: Article

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