Comparison of fMRI activation patterns for test and training procedures of alertness and focused attention

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-336

  Clemens, Benjamin ^a   Zvyagintsev, Mikhail ^a   Sack, Alexander T ^b   Heinecke, Armin ^b   Willmes, Klaus ^a   Sturm, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alertness; Clinical neuropsychology; fMRI; Focused attention; Neuropsychological test; Neuropsychological training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879750832     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-120266     Document Type: Article

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