Double dissociation of working memory load effects induced by bilateral parietal modulation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-402

  Sandrini, Marco ^a,b   Fertonani, Anna ^c   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Familiarity; N Back task; Parietal lobe; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84856044992     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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