Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4357-4362

  Anderson, Samira ^a   White Schwoch, Travis ^a   Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL TIMING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SUBCORTEX; VELOCITY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875025186     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213555110     Document Type: Article

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