Functional brain connectivity and cognition: Effects of adult age and task demands

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1925-1934

  Chou, Ying hui ^a   Chen, Nan kuei ^a   Madden, David J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Behavior based connectivity analysis; Brain connectivity; Cognition; Default mode; FMRI; Reaction time; Resting state; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOMATOMOTOR CORTEX; SUBCORTICAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877597078     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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