Recent developments in working memory

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Apr;8(2):234-8. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(98)80145-1.

Abstract

Research on the visual and verbal subsystems of working memory has shown vigorous development, with PET, fMRI and behavioral data all supporting separate systems, with further fractionation being likely. Analysis of executive processes is revealing a range of subprocesses, providing a very fruitful field for the interaction of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and functional imaging.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Mapping / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Memory, Short-Term / physiology*
  • Nerve Net
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*