The impact of age-related changes on working memory functional activity

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-153

  Steffener, Jason ^a   Brickman, Adam M ^a   Rakitin, Brian C ^a   Gazes, Yunglin ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional MRI; Multivariate linear modeling; Path analysis; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77949657734     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-008-9056-x     Document Type: Article

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