16 Dec 2014
December 16, 2014

Frontoparietal networks involved in categorization and item working memory

Neuroscience

Braunlich et al compared stimulus identity vs categorization tasks using fMRI in humans.  They applied a Constrained Principal Components Analysis.  They found evidence for two distinct frontoparietal networks.  One that rapidly analyzes the stimuli and a second one that more slowly categorizes them.

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