Prefrontal cortical activation associated with working memory in adults and preschool children: An event-related optical topography study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 703-712

  Tsujimoto, Satoshi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kawaguchi, Hideo ^c   Koizumi, Hideaki ^c   Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; NIRS; Optical topography; Prefrontal cortex; Preschool children; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3042697025     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh030     Document Type: Article

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