Neuroanatomical correlates of processing in visual and visuospatial working memory

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Suchan, Boris ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Executive processes; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Prefrontal cortex; Visual visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39849101019     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-007-0186-7     Document Type: Article

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