Shedding light on the effect of priority instructions during dual-task performance in younger and older adults: A fNIRS study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Laguë Beauvais, Maude ^a,b,c   Fraser, Sarah A ^c,d   Desjardins Crépeau, Laurence ^b,c   Castonguay, Nathalie ^b,c   Desjardins, Michèle ^c,e   Lesage, Frédéric ^e   Bherer, Louis ^c,f  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task; Executive functions; FNIRS; Neuroimaging; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); EQUAL INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY INSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VELOCITY; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930664804     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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