Common neural mechanisms supporting spatial working memory, attention and motor intention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1428-1434

  Ikkai, Akiko ^a   Curtis, Clayton E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; FMRI; Motor intention; Parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR INTENTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955799251     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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