Task-load manipulation in the Symbol Digit Modalities Test: An alternative measure of information processing speed

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-160

  Forn, C ^a   Ripolles P ^a   Cruz Gomez A J ^a   Belenguer, A ^b   Gonzalez Torre J A ^a   Avila C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effective functional connectivity; Fronto parietal network; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Information processing speed (IPS); Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84877348558     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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