Improved Working Memory Performance through Self-Regulation of Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation Using Real-Time fMRI

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Gaoyan ^a   Yao, Li ^a   Zhang, Hang ^a   Long, Zhiying ^a   Zhao, Xiaojie ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883159814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073735     Document Type: Article

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