The effects of prefrontal lesions on working memory performance and theory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 528-539

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

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; HUMAN; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 14844302664     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.4.4.528     Document Type: Review

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