Deficit in switching between functional brain networks underlies the impact of multitasking on working memory in older adults

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7212-7217

  Clapp, Wesley C ^a   Rubens, Michael T ^a   Sabharwal, Jasdeep ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTITASKING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79955555647     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015297108     Document Type: Article

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