A theory of cognitive control, aging cognition, and neuromodulation

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 809-817

  Braver, Todd S ^a   Barch, Deanna M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain imaging; Computational model; Dopamine; Executive control; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036859411     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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