Sub-processes of working memory in the N-back task: An investigation using ERPs

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1546-1559

  Chen, Yung Nien ^a,b   Mitra, Suvobrata ^b   Schlaghecken, Friederike ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; N back task; Sub processes; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; N BACK TASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH;

EID: 44949145111     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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