Functional brain changes following cognitive and motor skills training: A quantitative meta-analysis

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-199

  Patel, Ronak ^a   Spreng, R Nathan ^b   Turner, Gary R ^c,d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Default mode; Dorsal attention; Frontoparietal control; Meta analysis; Network; Neuroimaging; Training

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAINING;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84877863934     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312461718     Document Type: Article

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