Task analysis complements neuroimaging: An example from working memory research

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1026-1036

  Meegan, Daniel V ^a   Purc Stephenson, Rebecca ^a   Honsberger, Michael J M ^a   Topan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive; Functional neuroimaging; n back task; Posterior parietal cortex; Premotor cortex; Spatial; Verbal; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1542346212     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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