Neural Anatomy of Primary Visual Cortex Limits Visual Working Memory

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-50

  Bergmann, Johanna ^a,b,c   Genç, Erhan ^b,c,d   Kohler, Axel ^b,c,e   Singer, Wolf ^b,c,f,g   Pearson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^f FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^g ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortical thickness; early visual cortex; gray matter surface size; individual differences; visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STRIATE CORTEX; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958534250     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu168     Document Type: Article

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