Cognitive reserve modulates ERPs associated with verbal working memory in healthy younger and older adults

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1424-1434

  Speer, Megan E ^a   Soldan, Anja ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Cognitive reserve; Event related potentials (ERPs); Neural efficiency; P3; Verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGING; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923551062     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.12.025     Document Type: Article

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