Readout from iconic memory and selective spatial attention involve similar neural processes

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 901-909

  Ruff, Christian C ^a,b   Kristjánsson, Árni ^a,c   Driver, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34748827979     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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