Shared memories reveal shared structure in neural activity across individuals

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 115-125

  Chen, Janice ^a,b   Leong, Yuan Chang ^c   Honey, Christopher J ^b,d   Yong, Chung H ^d   Norman, Kenneth A ^a   Hasson, Uri ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR MEDIAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002322869     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4450     Document Type: Article

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