Cognitive and neural plasticity in aging: General and task-specific limitations

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 864-871

  Jones, Sari ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Sandblom, Johan ^c   Stigsdotter Neely, Anna ^b   Ingvar, Martin ^c   Magnus Petersson, Karl ^c,d   Bäckman, Lars ^a,e  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Memory training; Plasticity; Processing deficit; Utilization deficit

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33748211234     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.06.012     Document Type: Review

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