Separating intra-modal and across-modal training effects in visual working memory: An fMRI investigation

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2555-2564

  Schneiders, Julia A ^a   Opitz, Bertram ^a   Krick, Christoph M ^b   Mecklinger, Axel ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

auditory; n back task; training; visual; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053476802     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr037     Document Type: Review

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