Activation of the prefrontal cortex in working memory and interference resolution processes assessed with near-infrared spectroscopy

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Schreppel, Theresa ^a   Egetemeir, Johanna ^a   Schecklmann, Martin ^a   Plichta, Michael M ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Ellgring, Heiner ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a   Herrmann, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Psychiatry Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Interference resolution; Near infrared spectroscopy, event related; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGENATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47649083054     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147473     Document Type: Article

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