An FMRI Analysis of the Central Executive Component of a Working MemoryStanford University, 1999 - 184 pages |
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analysis ANOVA anterior cingulate Average percent signal backward digit span Baddeley Broca's area central executive functioning central sulcus cingulate cognitive computation span control condition correlated experimental Figure five plus order fMRI forward digit span frontal BA Function of Memory hemodynamic response High Low high span high-span participants images individual differences inferior/middle frontal regions John Gabrieli listening span low span subjects low-span participants maintenance and manipulation manipulation of information Mean Accuracy Mean Activation Memory Load Memory Span memory tasks middle frontal regions n-back condition n-back performance n-back task neuroimaging one-back participants exhibited percent signal change phonological loop posterior parietal regions prefrontal cortex Projected Amplitudes psychometric RAPM Raven's Progressive Matrices reference scan regions of activation remember one condition remember six remember three right cerebellum significant main effect slave system Span and N-back span participants Span test Statistical Parametric Mapping symbol-digit three-back condition two-back condition versus control voxel-wise voxels watch-for-x condition