The contribution of working memory to divided attention

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-175

  Santangelo, Valerio ^a,b   Macaluso, Emiliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Divided; FMRI; Focused; Intraparietal sulcus; Load; Spatial attention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL GYRUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870906811     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21430     Document Type: Article

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