Load-dependent brain activation assessed by time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy during a working memory task with graded levels of difficulty

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Molteni, Erika ^a   Contini, Davide ^a   Caffini, Matteo ^a   Baselli, Giuseppe ^a   Spinelli, Lorenzo ^b   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^a   Bianchi, Anna Maria ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical imaging; Sustained attention; Time resolved imaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864396605     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.5.056005     Document Type: Article

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