Increasing contextual demand modulates anterior and lateral prefrontal brain regions associated with proactive interference

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-50

  Wolf, Robert Christian ^a   Walter, Henrik ^b   Vasic, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Prefrontal cortex; Proactive interference; Retrieval; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749115281     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450903290516     Document Type: Article

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