Training of the executive component of working memory: Subcortical areas mediate transfer effects

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-419

  Dahlin, Erika ^a,c   Bäckman, Lars ^b   Neely, Anna Stigsdotter ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive training; FMRI; Fronto parietal changes; Subcortical changes; Transfer effects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350512846     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0492     Document Type: Review

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