Prefrontal structural correlates of cognitive control during adolescent development: A 4-year longitudinal study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1118-1130

  Vijayakumar, Nandita ^a   Whittle, Sarah ^a   Yücel, Murat ^a,b   Dennison, Meg ^a   Simmons, Julian ^a   Allen, Nicholas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897373711     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00549     Document Type: Article

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