Higher media multi-tasking activity is associated with smaller gray-matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Loh, Kep Kee ^a,c   Kanai, Ryota ^b,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HIGHER MEDIA MULTI TASKING ACTIVITY; HIGHER MEDIA MULTITASKING INDEX SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MODIFIED MEDIA MULTITASKING QUESTIONNAIRE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PRECUNEUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; MULTIMEDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907457186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106698     Document Type: Article

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