Distinct electrophysiological indices of maintenance in auditory and visual short-term memory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2939-2952

  Lefebvre, Christine ^a,b,e   Vachon, François ^a,b   Grimault, Stephan ^a,b,c   Thibault, Jennifer ^a,b   Guimond, Synthia ^a,b   Peretz, Isabelle ^a,b   Zatorre, Robert J ^b,d   Jolicœur, Pierre ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory short term memory; EEG; ERP; Sustained anterior negativity; Sustained posterior contralateral negativity; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PHONETICS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AUDITORY SHORT-TERM MEMORY; EEG; ERP; SUSTAINED ANTERIOR NEGATIVITY; SUSTAINED POSTERIOR CONTRALATERAL NEGATIVITY; VISUAL SHORT-TERM MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886869278     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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