Visual salience improves spatial working memory via enhanced parieto-temporal functional connectivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4110-4117

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874600946     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4138-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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