Age-related differences in cortical recruitment and suppression: Implications for cognitive performance

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 192-200

  Prakash, Ruchika Shaurya ^a   Heo, Susie ^b   Voss, Michelle W ^b   Patterson, Beth ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Default mode network; Individual differences; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SUPPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857668608     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.058     Document Type: Article

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