Neuroanatomical correlates of intellectual ability across the life span

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-312

  Goh, Suzanne ^a   Bansal, Ravi ^a   Xu, Dongrong ^a   Hao, Xuejun ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Peterson, Bradley S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Intelligence; Neuroanatomy; Neuroimaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; THICKNESS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958056703     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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