Remodeling human cortex through training: Comment on May

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-97

  Thomas, Cibu ^a   Baker, Chris I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT INFERIOR PARIETAL SULCUS; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTICITY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84856336967     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.12.005     Document Type: Letter

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