Hemispheric specialization of the lateral prefrontal cortex for strategic processing during spatial and shape working memory

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 894-903

  Manoach, Dara S ^a   White, Nathan S ^a   Lindgren, Kristen A ^a   Heckers, Stephan ^a   Coleman, Michael J ^b   Dubal, Stéphanie ^b   Holzman, Philip S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispheric specialization; Lateral prefrontal cortex; Strategic processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1542286037     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.10.025     Document Type: Article

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