Transient and sustained activity in a distributed neural system for human working memory

Susan Courtney; Leslie G. Ungerleider; Katrina Keil; J.V. Haxby

doi:10.1038/386608a0

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Working memoryStimulus (psychology)Functional magnetic resonance imagingVisual memoryMnemonicPerceptionNeuroscienceVisual short-term memoryPsychologyCognitive psychologyVisual perceptionPrefrontal cortexShort-term memoryFusiform face areaComputer scienceCognitionFace perception

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 386
Issue: 6625
Pages: 608-611
Citations: 969
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                                    Susan Courtney, 
                                
                                    Leslie G. Ungerleider, 
                                
                                    Katrina Keil
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1997). 
                            Transient and sustained activity in a distributed neural system for human working memory. 
                            Nature
                            , 386
                            (6625)
                            , 608-611.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/386608a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/386608a0