Age differences in neural distinctiveness revealed by multi-voxel pattern analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 736-743

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensation; Dedifferentiation; FMRI; MVPA; Ventral visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTI VOXEL PATTERN ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955045002     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.267     Document Type: Article

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