Neural specificity predicts fluid processing ability in older adults

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 9253-9259

  Park, Joonkoo ^a   Carp, Joshua ^a   Hebrank, Andrew ^b   Park, Denise C ^b   Polk, Thad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL SPECIFICITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL SPECIFICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954484239     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0853-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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