Intelligence and neural efficiency

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1004-1023

  Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a   Fink, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Neural efficiency; Neuroscience; Task complexity; Training

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPERIENCE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 67649467341     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.04.001     Document Type: Review

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