Material-specific lateralization of working memory in the medial temporal lobe

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-122

  Wagner, Dylan D ^a,b   Sziklas, Viviane ^a   Garver, Krista E ^a   Jones Gotman, Marilyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Intrusion errors; Material specific lateralization; Medial temporal lobe; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249095878     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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