Performance level modulates adult age differences in brain activation during spatial working memory.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 14, 2009

Authors

Irene E Nagel1, Claudia Preuschhof, Shu-Chen Li, Lars Nyberg, Lars Bäckman, Ulman Lindenberger, Hauke R Heekeren

Author Affiliations

1: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, 14195 Berlin, Germany. nagel@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

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