Linking mathematical modeling with human neuroimaging to segregate verbal working memory maintenance processes from stimulus encoding

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-255

  McKenna, Benjamin S ^a,b   Brown, Gregory G ^a,b   Drummond, Sean P A ^a,c   Turner, Travis H ^d   Mano, Quintino R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Mathematical modeling; Pseudoword length; Stimulus degradation; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR FUSIFORM GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONS OF INTEREST; STIMULUS; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84881008247     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031515     Document Type: Article

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