Multi-voxel pattern analysis of selective representation of visual working memory in ventral temporal and occipital regions

NeuroImage

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-15

  Han, Xufeng ^a   Berg, Alexander C ^a   Oh, Hwamee ^c   Samaras, Dimitris ^a   Leung, Hoi Chung ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Face and scene; FMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Inferior temporal cortex; Parahippocampal gyrus; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTRAL TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; FACE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874352484     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.055     Document Type: Article

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