Working memory load-dependent brain response predicts behavioral training gains in older adults

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1224-1233

  Heinzel, Stephan ^a,b,c   Lorenz, Robert C ^a,b   Brockhaus, Wolf Rüdiger ^b   Wüstenberg, Torsten ^b   Kathmann, Norbert ^a   Heinz, Andreas ^b   Rapp, Michael A ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; fMRI; Neuroimaging; Plasticity; Training; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGING; FMRI; NEUROIMAGING; PLASTICITY; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892770718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2463-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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