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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Mar 20;16(4):207–218. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.03.005

TABLE 1.

Neuroimaging Studies of Cortical Activation in Working Memory

Study Memorandum Frontal ROIs Posterior ROIs
Pollmann and Von Cramon [60] Spatial PC PPC
Cabeza and Nyberg, [61] (Review)
Mecklinger et al. [62] Object, spatial PC, premotor cortex, pre-SMA PPC
Wager and Smith [63] (Review)
Crottaz-Herbette et al. [64] Visual, auditory (verbal) PC IPS, PPC
Gazzaley et al. [65] Visual (face) PC, premotor cortex IPS, IT
Buchsbaum et al. [66] Verbal PC STC, planum temporale
Goldstein et al. [67] Auditory (verbal) PC, cingulate cortex PPC
Rajah and D’Esposito [68] (Review)
Curtis et al. [69] Visual PC, FEF PPC
Schlosser et al. [70] (Review)
Scheeringa et al. [41] Visual PC PPC, VC, IT
Bledowski et al. [71] (Review)

Abbreviations: IPS, intraparietal sulcus; IT, inferotemporal cortex; FEF, frontal eye field; PC, prefrontal cortex; PPC, posterior parietal cortex; ROI, region of interest activated; SMA, supplementary motor area; STC, superior temporal cortex; VC, visual cortex.