A fNIRS investigation of switching and inhibition during the modified Stroop task in younger and older adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 485-495

  Laguë Beauvais, Maude ^a,b   Brunet, Julie ^b,c   Gagnon, Louis ^d   Lesage, Frédéric ^e   Bherer, Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Executive functions; FNIRS; Neuroimaging; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANTERIOR VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867453368     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.042     Document Type: Article

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