Working memory of somatosensory stimuli: An fMRI study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-228

  Savini, Nicoletta ^a   Brunetti, Marcella ^a   Babiloni, Claudio ^b,c   Ferretti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FMRI; Fronto parietal circuit; N BACK task; Tactile; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870251894     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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