Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study
According to numerous studies, working memory is not a unitary system. Baddeley's model of working memory includes besides central executive also two separate systems for verbal and visuo-spatial information processing. A modality- and process-specific specialization presumably exists in wor...
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| author | Blaž Koritnik Miha Kočevar Jernej Knific Rok Tavčar Lilijana Šprah |
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| description | According to numerous studies, working memory is not a unitary system. Baddeley's model of working memory includes besides central executive also two separate systems for verbal and visuo-spatial information processing. A modality- and process-specific specialization presumably exists in working memory system of the frontal lobes. In our preliminary study, we have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the pattern of cortical activation during spatial and verbal n-back task in six healthy subjects. A bilateral fronto-parietal cortical network was activated in both tasks. There was larger activation of right parietal and bilateral occipital areas in spatial than in vebal task. Activation of left sensorimotor area was larger in verbal compared to spatial task. No task-specific differences were found in the prefrontal cortex. Our results support the assumption that modality-specific processes exist within the working-memory system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7143b12d9514d08aeaa9c22594a6f2b2022-12-22T02:02:16ZengSlovenian Psychologists' AssociationPsihološka Obzorja2350-51412004-08-011324760146Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging studyBlaž KoritnikMiha KočevarJernej KnificRok TavčarLilijana ŠprahAccording to numerous studies, working memory is not a unitary system. Baddeley's model of working memory includes besides central executive also two separate systems for verbal and visuo-spatial information processing. A modality- and process-specific specialization presumably exists in working memory system of the frontal lobes. In our preliminary study, we have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the pattern of cortical activation during spatial and verbal n-back task in six healthy subjects. A bilateral fronto-parietal cortical network was activated in both tasks. There was larger activation of right parietal and bilateral occipital areas in spatial than in vebal task. Activation of left sensorimotor area was larger in verbal compared to spatial task. No task-specific differences were found in the prefrontal cortex. Our results support the assumption that modality-specific processes exist within the working-memory system.http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2004_2/koritnik_et_al.pdfworking memoryfMRIspatial memoryverbal memory |
| spellingShingle | Blaž Koritnik Miha Kočevar Jernej Knific Rok Tavčar Lilijana Šprah Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study Psihološka Obzorja working memory fMRI spatial memory verbal memory |
| title | Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| title_full | Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| title_fullStr | Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| title_short | Spatial and verbal working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| title_sort | spatial and verbal working memory a functional magnetic resonance imaging study |
| topic | working memory fMRI spatial memory verbal memory |
| url | http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2004_2/koritnik_et_al.pdf |
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