Neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of adult age differences in acquisition of a perceptual-motor skill

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-93

  Raz, Naftali ^a   Williamson, Adrienne ^a   Gunning Dixon, Faith ^a   Head, Denise ^a   Acker, James D ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Cognitive resources; Magnetic resonance imaging; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

AGE DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE RESOURCES; NONVERBALS; PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SKILL; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROCEDURAL LEARNING; REDUCED VOLUMES; ROTOR PERFORMANCE; SKILLS ACQUISITION; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033776647     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20001001)51:1<85::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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