Differences in dual-task performance and prefrontal cortex activation between younger and older adults

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ohsugi, Hironori ^a   Ohgi, Shohei ^a   Shigemori, Kenta ^b   Schneider, Eric B ^c  

^a SEIREI CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional function; Dual task; Executive function; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRAIL MAKING TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872321772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-10     Document Type: Article

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