Activation of the occipital cortex and deactivation of the default mode network during working memory in the early blind

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-422

  Park, Hae Jeong ^a   Chun, Ji Won ^a   Park, Bumhee ^a   Park, Haeil ^a,b   Kim, Joong Il ^a   Lee, Jong Doo ^a   Kim, Jae Jin ^a,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Default mode; Early blind; Effective connectivity; Granger causality; Occipital cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; HEARING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956133798     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617711000051     Document Type: Article

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