Integration in working memory: A magnetic stimulation study on the role of left anterior prefrontal cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  de Pisapia, Nicola ^a   Sandrini, Marco ^a,b,c   Braver, Todd S ^d   Cattaneo, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

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

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

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; LEFT ANTERIOR PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84865280751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043731     Document Type: Article

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