Structural integrity of the corpus callosum predicts long-term transfer of fluid intelligence-related training gains in normal aging

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 309-318

  Wolf, Dominik ^a   Fischer, Florian Udo ^a   Fesenbeckh, Johanna ^a   Yakushev, Igor ^a   Lelieveld, Irene Maria ^a   Scheurich, Armin ^a   Schermuly, Ingrid ^a   Zschutschke, Lisa ^a   Fellgiebel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Corpus callosum; DTI; Normal aging; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUID INTELLIGENCE TRANSFER TASK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LOGICAL REASONING TRAINING TASK; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE TRAINING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DTI; NORMAL AGING; TRANSFER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84889661028     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22177     Document Type: Article

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