Working memory: imaging the magic number four.
Many brain regions have been implicated in memory performance, but the relationship between memory capacity and neural activity has not been clear. Recent studies show that activity in the posterior parietal cortex increases with working memory load, implicating this region in the storage of representations in visual memory.
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15, Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK. adrian.owen@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Adrian M
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Owen
D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*