Neural evidence for the use of Digit-Image mnemonic in a superior memorist: An fMRI study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Yin, Li Jun ^a   Lou, Yu Ting ^a   Fan, Ming Xia ^b   Wang, Zhao Xin ^a,b   Hu, Yi ^a  

^a B326 Science Building   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; fMRI; Mnemonic; Superior memory performance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BILATERAL FRONTAL POLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; LEFT MIDDLE INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRI; LEFT PREMOTOR CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933671950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00109     Document Type: Article

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