J. Cogn. Neurosci.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Druzgal, T. J.
Right arrow Articles by D'Esposito, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Druzgal, T. J.
Right arrow Articles by D'Esposito, M.
(Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2003;15:771-784.)
© 2003 The MIT Press

Dissecting Contributions of Prefrontal Cortex and Fusiform Face Area to Face Working Memory

T. Jason Druzgal

University of California, Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania

Mark D'Esposito

University of California, Berkeley

Interactions between prefrontal cortex (PFC) and stimulus-specific visual cortical association areas are hypothesized to mediate visual working memory in behaving monkeys. To clarify the roles for homologous regions in humans, event-related fMRI was used to assess neural activity in PFC and fusiform face area (FFA) of subjects performing a delay-recognition task for faces. In both PFC and FFA, activity increased parametrically with memory load during encoding and maintenance of face stimuli, despite quantitative differences in the magnitude of activation. Moreover, timing differences in PFC and FFA activation during memory encoding and retrieval implied a context dependence in the flow of neural information. These results support existing neurophysiological models of visual working memory developed in the nonhuman primate.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
J. Rissman, A. Gazzaley, and M. D'Esposito
Dynamic Adjustments in Prefrontal, Hippocampal, and Inferior Temporal Interactions with Increasing Visual Working Memory Load
Cereb Cortex, July 1, 2008; 18(7): 1618 - 1629.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cogn. Neurosci.Home page
H. M. Morgan, C. Klein, S. G. Boehm, K. L. Shapiro, and D. E. J. Linden
Working memory load for faces modulates p300, n170, and n250r.
J. Cogn. Neurosci., June 1, 2008; 20(6): 989 - 1002.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
M. L. LoPresti, K. Schon, M. D. Tricarico, J. D. Swisher, K. A. Celone, and C. E. Stern
Working Memory for Social Cues Recruits Orbitofrontal Cortex and Amygdala: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Delayed Matching to Sample for Emotional Expressions
J. Neurosci., April 2, 2008; 28(14): 3718 - 3728.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cogn. Neurosci.Home page
C. Thomas, L. Moya, G. Avidan, K. Humphreys, K. J. Jung, M. A. Peterson, and M. Behrmann
Reduction in White Matter Connectivity, Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Imaging, May Account for Age-related Changes in Face Perception.
J. Cogn. Neurosci., February 1, 2008; 20(2): 268 - 284.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cogn. Neurosci.Home page
C.-C. Kung, J. J. Peissig, and M. J. Tarr
Is Region-of-Interest Overlap Comparison a Reliable Measure of Category Specificity?
J. Cogn. Neurosci., December 1, 2007; 19(12): 2019 - 2034.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cogn. Neurosci.Home page
K. K. Sreenivasan, J. Katz, and A. P. Jha
Temporal Characteristics of Top-Down Modulations during Working Memory Maintenance: An Event-related Potential Study of the N170 Component.
J. Cogn. Neurosci., November 1, 2007; 19(11): 1836 - 1844.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
J. Lepsien and A. C. Nobre
Attentional Modulation of Object Representations in Working Memory
Cereb Cortex, September 1, 2007; 17(9): 2072 - 2083.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
O. J. Hulme and S Zeki
The Sightless View: Neural Correlates of Occluded Objects
Cereb Cortex, May 1, 2007; 17(5): 1197 - 1205.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
D. Jokisch and O. Jensen
Modulation of Gamma and Alpha Activity during a Working Memory Task Engaging the Dorsal or Ventral Stream
J. Neurosci., March 21, 2007; 27(12): 3244 - 3251.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
A. M. C. Kelly and H. Garavan
Human Functional Neuroimaging of Brain Changes Associated with Practice
Cereb Cortex, August 1, 2005; 15(8): 1089 - 1102.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Cogn. Neurosci.Home page
G. Avidan, U. Hasson, R. Malach, and M. Behrmann
Detailed Exploration of Face-related Processing in Congenital Prosopagnosia: 2. Functional Neuroimaging Findings
J. Cogn. Neurosci., July 1, 2005; 17(7): 1150 - 1167.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Cereb CortexHome page
A. Mechelli, C. J. Price, K. J. Friston, and A. Ishai
Where Bottom-up Meets Top-down: Neuronal Interactions during Perception and Imagery
Cereb Cortex, November 1, 2004; 14(11): 1256 - 1265.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
C. Ranganath, M. X. Cohen, C. Dam, and M. D'Esposito
Inferior Temporal, Prefrontal, and Hippocampal Contributions to Visual Working Memory Maintenance and Associative Memory Retrieval
J. Neurosci., April 21, 2004; 24(16): 3917 - 3925.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEURAL COMPUTATION J COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE MIT PRESS JOURNALS
Copyright © 2003 by The MIT Press.