Becoming consistent: Developmental reductions in intraindividual variability in reaction time are related to white matter integrity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 972-982

  Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Fjell, Andres M ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Østby, Ylva ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855999125     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4779-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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