Long-term enhancement of brain function and cognition using cognitive training and brain stimulation

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 987-992

  Snowball, Albert ^a   Tachtsidis, Ilias ^b   Popescu, Tudor ^a   Thompson, Jacqueline ^a   Delazer, Margarete ^c   Zamarian, Laura ^c   Zhu, Tingting ^b   Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOISE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878579539     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.045     Document Type: Article

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