Normative shifts of cortical mechanisms of encoding contribute to adult age differences in visual-spatial working memory

NeuroImage

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-175

  Störmer, Viola S ^a,b   Li, Shu Chen ^a,c   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a,d   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; ERP; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL SELECTION DURING ITEM ENCODING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EARLY PERCEPTUAL STIMULUS PROCESSING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874740756     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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