Executive functions and neurocognitive aging: Dissociable patterns of brain activity

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 826.e1-826.e13

  Turner, Gary R ^a,b   Spreng, R Nathan ^c  

^a HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation likelihood estimation; Aging; Executive function; Inhibition; Meta analysis; Neuroimaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84856970365     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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