Working memory in middle-aged males: Age-related brain activation changes and cognitive fatigue effects

Biological Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-143

  Klaassen, Elissa B ^a,f   Evers, Elisabeth A T ^b   de Groot, Renate H M ^a,c,f   Backes, Walter H ^a,d   Veltman, Dick J ^e   Jolles, Jelle ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive fatigue; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FATIGUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; COGNITIVE FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84891898810     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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