Distinct neural circuits support transient and sustained processes in prospective memory and working memory

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1208-1221

  Reynolds, Jeremy R ^a   West, Robert ^b   Braver, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior prefrontal cortex; Cognitive control; Prospective memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649229591     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn164     Document Type: Article

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