The spatial-verbal difference in the N-back task: An ERP study

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-179

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

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; N back task; Spatial; Verbal; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349670864     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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