Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory

Neuron

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1227-1235.e6

  Dresler, Martin ^a,b   Shirer, William R ^c   Konrad, Boris N ^a,b   Müller, Nils C J ^b   Wagner, Isabella C ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^b   Czisch, Michael ^a   Greicius, Michael D ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain networks; cognitive training; dynamics; memory; memory championships; memory sports; method of loci; mnemonic; resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MNEMONIC TRAINING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014794618     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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