The functional neuroanatomy of working memory: Contributions of human brain lesion studies

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Muller N G ^a   Knight, R T ^b  

^a Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain lesion; phonological loop; prefrontal cortex; visuospatial sketchpad; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645840476     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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