Working Memory Overload: Fronto-Limbic Interactions and Effects on Subsequent Working Memory Function

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-108

  Yun, Richard J ^a,b   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Mathalon, Daniel H ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Emotional cognitive interaction; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77955873371     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9089-9     Document Type: Article

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