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Cross-Modal Multivariate Pattern Analysis
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Cross-Modal Multivariate Pattern Analysis

Published on: November 9, 2011

Complementary univariate and multivariate signals in the parietal cortex for visual working memory pointers and

Xinchi Yu1,2, Ellen Lau1,2

  • 1Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, 8314 Paint Branch Dr, College Park MD 20742,  United States.

Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
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Keywords:
MEG (magnetoencephalography)multivariate analysispointerposterior parietal cortexvisual working memory (VWM)

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