Task-relevant and accessory items in working memory have opposite effects on activity in extrastriate cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 17003-17011

  Peters, Judith C ^a,b   Roelfsema, Pieter R ^a,c,d   Goebel, Rainer ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84870026370     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0591-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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