Isolating age-group differences in working memory load-related neural activity: Assessing the contribution of working memory capacity using a partial-trial fMRI method

NeuroImage

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-32

  Bennett, Ilana J ^a   Rivera, Hannah G ^a   Rypma, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Healthy aging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873735345     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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