The effects of working memory training on functional brain network efficiency

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2424-2438

  Langer, Nicolas ^a,e,f   von Bastian, Claudia C ^a   Wirz, Helen ^a,d   Oberauer, Klaus ^a,c   Jäncke, Lutz ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b International Normal Aging and Plasticity Imaging Center INAPIC   (Switzerland)

^c URPP Dynamic of Healthy Aging ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Functional connectivity; Resting state; Small world networks; Working memory training study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

EEG; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; RESTING STATE; SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; WORKING MEMORY TRAINING STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884816446     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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