The bouncer in the brain.
Efficiency variations in the filtering of relevant from irrelevant information could contribute to individual differences in working memory. A new functional imaging study suggests that the basal ganglia act as this filter because activity in this region before stimulus presentation was inversely correlated with unnecessary storage.
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Edward
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Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1227, USA. awh@uoregon.edu
Vogel
Edward K
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D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*