As working memory grows: A developmental account of neural bases of working memory capacity in 5- to 8-year old children and adults

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1775-1778

  Kharitonova, Maria ^a,b   Winter, Warren ^a   Sheridan, Margaret A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944460564     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00824     Document Type: Article

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