Top-down modulation: Bridging selective attention and working memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Gazzaley, Adam ^a   Nobre, Anna C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL REGION; CORE FEATURES; MEMORY RETRIEVAL; NEURAL MECHANISMS; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY CORTICES; TOP-DOWN SIGNALS; TOPDOWN; WORKING MEMORIES;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL;

MODULATION;

EPISODIC MEMORY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84856332094     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.014     Document Type: Review

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