Object switching within working memory is reflected in the human event-related brain potential

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 434, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-205

  Berti, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Controlled attention; Late negative component; Memory updating; P3a; Re orienting negativity (RON)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 40849115967     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.01.055     Document Type: Article

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