Verbal working memory load affects prefrontal cortices activation: Evidence from a functional NIRS study in humans

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5696, Issue , 2005, Pages 33-40

  Li, Chengjun ^a   Gong, Hui ^a   Zeng, Shaoqun ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

N back task; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

N-BACK TASK; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERBAL WORKING MEMORY;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 23244441260     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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