The effects of focal and nonfocal cues on the neural correlates of prospective memory: Insights from ERPs

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2630-2646

  Cona, Giorgia ^a   Bisiacchi, Patrizia S ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cue focality; Delayed intentions; ERPs; Prospective memory; Strategic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922121656     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht116     Document Type: Article

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