On the tip-of-the-tongue: Neural correlates of increased word-finding failures in normal aging

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2060-2070

  Shafto, Meredith A ^a,b,c   Burke, Deborah M ^b   Stamatakis, Emmanuel A ^a   Tam, Phyllis P ^a,b   Tyler, Lorraine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; READING;

EID: 36849025481     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.12.2060     Document Type: Article

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