The neural mechanisms of object working memory: What is where in the infant brain?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Káldy, Zsuzsa ^a   Sigala, Natasha ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Human; Object; Temporal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HAPLORHINI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 2542425609     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.01.002     Document Type: Review

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