The Compensation model of working memory in healthy aging: structural and functional neural correlates of the N-back task over the lifespan

The concept of age has undergone a shift from a non-specific measure of chronological age, to an identification of underlying biological, psychological and functional factors leading to age-related changes over time. Loss of neurons (atrophy) and cognitive decline in healthy aging fit well in to th...

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Main Author: Bharadia, Vinay
Other Authors: Tuokko, Holly A.
Language:English
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Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4441