Visual working memory load-related changes in neural activity and functional connectivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Li, Ling ^a   Zhang, Jin Xiang ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTRALATERAL DELAY ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY LOAD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; WAVEFORM; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960612019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022357     Document Type: Article

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