Regional differences in brain volume predict the acquisition of skill in a complex real-time strategy videogame

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Basak, Chandramallika ^a   Voss, Michelle W ^b   Erickson, Kirk I ^c   Boot, Walter R ^d   Kramer, Arthur F ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain volume; Cognitive training; MRI; Older adults; Skill acquisition; Video game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; RESPONSE TIME; SKILL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79957953878     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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