The impact of increased relational encoding demands on frontal and hippocampal function in older adults.

In the present study, we manipulated the cognitive effort in an associative encoding task using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Older and younger adults were presented with two objects that were either semantically related or unrelated, and were required to form a relationship between...

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Published in:Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System & Behavior Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 507 - 522
Main Authors: Leshikar ED, Gutchess AH, Hebrank AC, Sutton BP, Park DC, Leshikar, Eric D, Gutchess, Angela H, Hebrank, Andrew C, Sutton, Bradley P, Park, Denise C
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Masson SPA 2010 Apr
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