Working memory coding of analog stimulus properties in the human prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2229-2236

  Spitzer, Bernhard ^a   Gloel, Matthias ^b   Schmidt, Timo T ^b,c   Blankenburg, Felix ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Oscillations; Somatosensory; Stimulus coding; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULATION; TIME; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904303770     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht084     Document Type: Article

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