Aging affects medial but not anterior frontal learning-related theta oscillations

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 692-704

  Van de Vijver, Irene ^a   Cohen, Michael X ^a   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Anterior frontal cortex; EEG; Medial frontal cortex; Oscillations; Reinforcement learning; Theta

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; ANTERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; EEG; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; OSCILLATIONS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; THETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889560824     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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