Selective involvement of superior frontal cortex during working memory for shapes

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 557-563

  Yee, Lydia T S ^a,d   Roe, Katherine ^a,c   Courtney, Susan M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 74049111468     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91299.2008     Document Type: Article

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