Neural correlates of changes in a visual search task due to cognitive training in seniors

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wild Wall, Nele ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^b   Gajewski, Patrick D ^b  

^a RHINE WAAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE; VISION; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84867298578     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/529057     Document Type: Article

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