The cognitive neuroscience of working memory

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-142

  D'Esposito, Mark ^a   Postle, Bradley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Connectivity; Dopamine; Prefrontal cortex; Short term memory; Top down; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 84961291509     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015031     Document Type: Article

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