The neural bases of the effects of item-nonspecific proactive interference in working memory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-392

  Postle, Bradley R ^a,b   Brush, Lauren N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 5344268216     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.4.3.379     Document Type: Article

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