Practice effects in the brain: Changes in cerebral activation after working memory practice depend on task demands

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 658-668

  Jolles, Dietsje D ^a,b   Grol, Meike J ^a,b   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a,b   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953701820     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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