The Synapse Project: Engagement in mentally challenging activities enhances neural efficiency

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 865-882

  McDonough, Ian M ^a   Haber, Sara ^a   Bischof, Gérard N ^a   Park, Denise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive engagement; fMRI; intervention; learning; semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947582151     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-150533     Document Type: Article

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