'Activity-silent' working memory in prefrontal cortex: A dynamic coding framework

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 394-405

  Stokes, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; MAINTENANCE; NEURONS;

BRAIN ACTIVITY; DYNAMIC CODING; HIGH-LEVEL COGNITION; NEURAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS; NEURAL DYNAMICS; POPULATION LEVELS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN;

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84937520999     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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