Functional correlates of distractor suppression during spatial working memory encoding

Neuroscience

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1244-1253

  Toepper, M ^a,b   Gebhardt, H ^a   Beblo, T ^b   Thomas, C ^b   Driessen, M ^b   Bischoff, M ^a   Blecker, C R ^a   Vaitl, D ^a   Sammer, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

corsi; executive functions; inhibition; prefrontal cortex; spatial working memory; suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73749085509     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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