Reorganization of functional brain networks mediates the improvement of cognitive performance following real-time neurofeedback training of working memory

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1705-1715

  Zhang, Gaoyan ^a,b   Yao, Li ^a   Shen, Jiahui ^a   Yang, Yihong ^c   Zhao, Xiaojie ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Functional reorganization; Mediation effect; Real time neurofeedback; Working memory; Working memory network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927689451     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22731     Document Type: Article

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