Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Olesen, Pernille J ^a   Westerberg, Helena ^a   Klingberg, Torkel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0345923836     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1165     Document Type: Article

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