The effects of age on cerebral activations: Internally versus externally driven processes

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Sien ^a   Chao, Herta H A ^a,b   Winkler, Alissa D ^a   Li, Chiang Shan R ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Endogenous; Exogenous; Go no go; Inhibitory control; Race model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ACTIVATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862527207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00004     Document Type: Article

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