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- Title
An fMRI study of phonological and spatial working memory using identical stimuli.
- Authors
LYCKE, CHRISTINE; SPECHT, KARSTEN; ERSLAND, LARS; HUGDAHL, KENNETH
- Abstract
The aim of the present fMRI study was to localize brain areas that were uniquely activated for phonological versus spatial working memory. Previous studies have reported inconsistent results, most likely because of methodological heterogeneity varying both stimuli and instructions in the same study. Here, identical consonant-vowel-consonant non-words were visually presented to the subjects in a 2-back paradigm under two different instructions; the subjects either had to memorize the non-words per se or their location. The results give evidence for a hemispheric organization of working memory, with dominance for processing of phonological information in the left hemisphere and frontal cortex, and spatial information in the right hemisphere and parietal cortex. The results also reflect a certain overlap between the neuronal network for working memory and processing of verbal and spatial material. These findings are discussed with regard to processing specificity and the extent that activated areas also may reflect perceptual processes.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC resonance imaging; SHORT-term memory; PHONOLOGICAL awareness; BRAIN; SPATIAL ability; CEREBRAL cortex; PHONOLOGY; CONSONANTS; VOWELS
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2008, Vol 49, Issue 5, p393
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00672.x