Age-related dedifferentiation of learning systems: An fMRI study of implicit and explicit learning

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2318.e17-2318.e30

  Dennis, Nancy A ^a,b   Cabeza, Roberto ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Declarative; Dedifferentiation; Explicit; FMRI; Implicit; Learning; Medial temporal lobes; Memory; Nondeclarative; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EXPLICIT LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLICIT LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 80053623646     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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