Age-related differences in brain network activation and co-activation during multiple object tracking

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Dørum, Erlend S ^a,b,c   Alnæs, Dag ^b   Kaufmann, Tobias ^b   Richard, Geneviève ^a,b,c   Lund, Martina J ^b   Tønnesen, Siren ^b   Sneve, Markus H ^c   Mathiesen, Nina C ^b   Rustan, Øyvind G ^b   Gjertsen, Øivind ^b   Vatn, Sigurd ^b   Fure, Brynjar ^b   Andreassen, Ole A ^b   Nordvik, Jan Egil ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^b,c  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive aging; DAN; default mode network; DMN; dorsal attention network; MOT; multiple object tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983477906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.533     Document Type: Article

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