Imaging the Human Mind

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Imaging the Human Mind

• Executive Function andCognitive Control

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Working Memory

• Process by which a limited amount of information
  is actively maintained over a short period of
  time so that it is available for use

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Working Memoryas proposed by Baddeley (1974)
Phonological Loop
Visual-Spatial Sketch Pad
Central Executive
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Working Memory(as proposed by Baddeley (1974)
and modified by others since...)
Visual-Spatial Sketch Pad
Locations
Phonological Loop
Objects
Central Executive
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Working Memory(as proposed by Baddeley (1974)
and modified by others since...)
Phonological Loop
Visual-Spatial Sketch Pad
Locations
Objects
Verbal/Semantic
Central Executive
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Working Memory(as proposed by Baddeley (1974)
and modified by others since...)
Phonological Loop
Visual-Spatial Sketch Pad
Locations
Objects
Central Executive
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Sensory-Prefrontal Interaction
Wilson, OScalaidhe, Goldman-Rakic, (1993) Science
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Object versus Spatial Working Memory Using Faces
WM Delay Activity for
Locations Faces
Courtney et al.(1998) Science
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Dorsal/Ventral Spatial/NonspatialDissociation
with Houses
WHAT VS WHERE
Sala, Rämä, and Courtney (2003) Neuropsychologia
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Dorsal/Ventral Spatial/NonspatialDissociation
with Patterns
WHAT VS WHERE
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