Susan Courtney - Recent Papers

Jennifer Roth, John Serences, Susan M. Courtney (2006) “Neural system for controlling the contents of object working memory in humans”, Cerebral Cortex. Advanced online access Dec. 15, 2005.  [PDF]

K. Morgen, G. Sammer, S.M. Courtney, T. Wolters, H. Melchior, C. Blecker, P. Oschmann, M. Kaps, D. Vaitl, (2006) “Evidence for a direct association between cortical atrophy and cognitive impairment in relapsing-remitting MS” NeuroImage. Advanced online access Dec. 15, 2005  [PDF]

Laurie E. Cutting, Amy M Clements, Susan Courtney, Sheryl Rimrodt, Joanna Schafer, Jeanne Bisesi, James Pekar, Ken Pugh. (2006) “Differential components of sentence comprehension: Beyond single word reading and memory” NeuroImage. Advanced online access Oct. 25, 2005   [PDF]

Seema Sayala, Joseph B. Sala and Susan M. Courtney (2005) “Increased neural efficiency with repeated performance of a working memory task is information-type dependent.” Cerebral Cortex. Advanced Access August 3, 2005.   [PDF]

Pia Rämä and Susan M. Courtney (2005) “Functional Topography of Working Memory for Faces or Voices” NeuroImage 24: 224-234  [PDF]

John T. Serences, Jens Schwarzbach, Susan M. Courtney & Steven Yantis (2004) "Control of object-based visual attention in human cortex" Cerebral Cortex. 14: 1346-1357   [PDF]

Pia Rämä, Amy Poremba, Joseph B. Sala, Lydia Yee, Megan Malloy, Mortimer Mishkin, Susan M. Courtney (2004) “Dissociable Functional Cortical Topographies for Working Memory Maintenance of Voice Identity and Location.” Cerebral Cortex 14:768-780   [PDF]

J.B. Sala, P. Rama, and S.M. Courtney. (2003) "Functional Topography of a Distributed Neural System for Spatial and Nonspatial Information Maintenance in Working Memory." Neuropsychologia, 41:341-356.   [PDF]

Steven Yantis, Jens Schwarzbach, John T. Serences, Robert L. Carlson,Michael A. Steinmetz, James J. Pekar, and Susan M. Courtney (2002) " Transient neural activity in human parietal cortex during spatial attention shifts " Nature Neuroscience, 5, 995 - 1002   [PDF]

P. Rama, J.B. Sala, J.S. Gillen, J.J. Pekar, and S.M. Courtney. (2001) “Dissociation of the Neural Systems for Working Memory Maintenance of Verbal and Nonspatial Visual Information.” Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 1(2): 161-171.   [PDF]

James V. Haxby, Laurent Petit, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Susan M. Courtney (2000) "Distinguishing the functional roles of multiple regions in distributed neural systems for visual working memory" NeuroImage , 11: (2) 145-156.  [PDF]

Susan M. Courtney, Laurent Petit, Leslie G. Ungerleider, José Ma. Maisog, James V. Haxby. (1998) “An Area Specialized for Spatial Working Memory in Human Frontal Cortex,” Science, 279: 1347-1351. [PDF]

Laurent Petit, Susan M. Courtney, Leslie G. Ungerleider, James V. Haxby. (1998) “Sustained activity in the medial wall during working memory delays” Journal of Neuroscience 18: (22) 9429-9437. [PDF]

Susan M. Courtney, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Katrina Keil, James V. Haxby. (1997) "Transient and Sustained Activity in a Distributed Neural System for Human Working Memory," Nature, 386: 608-611. [PDF]

Susan M. Courtney, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Katrina Keil, James V. Haxby. (1996) "Object and Spatial Visual Working Memory Activate Separate Neural Systems in Human Cortex," Cerebral Cortex, 6: 39-49. [PDF]