Age-related dedifferentiation and compensatory changes in the functional network underlying face processing

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2759-2767

  Burianová, Hana ^a,b,c   Lee, Yunjo ^c,d   Grady, Cheryl L ^c,d   Moscovitch, Morris ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensation; Dedifferentiation; Face processing; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; COMPENSATION; DEDIFFERENTIATION; FACE PROCESSING; FMRI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884137162     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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