Cognit activation: A mechanism enabling temporal integration in working memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-218

  Fuster, Joaquín M ^a   Bressler, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

CORTICAL NETWORK; FRONTAL CORTEX; GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEURAL SUBSTRATES; PERCEPTION/ACTION; RECENT RESEARCHES; TEMPORAL INTEGRATION;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84859108730     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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