Rewiring the brain with repeated retrieval: A parametric fMRI study of the testing effect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 505, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Eriksson, Johan ^a,b   Kalpouzos, Grégoria ^a,b   Nyberg, Lars ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Consolidation; FMRI; Learning; Memory; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 82455162484     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.08.061     Document Type: Article

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