Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 9 , Pages 1248-1255 , October 2008

An fMRI study of the numerical Stroop task in individuals with and without minimal cognitive impairment

  • Liane Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Paediatrics IV, Division of Neuropediatrics, Austria
    • University of Tuebingen, Department of Psychology, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Paediatrics IV, Division of Neuropediatrics, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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  • Anja Ischebeck

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Neurology, Austria
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Psychiatry, Austria
    • ,
  • Florian Koppelstaetter

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Radiology II, Austria
    • ,
  • Christian Siedentopf

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Radiology II, Austria
    • ,
  • Stephan E. Vogel

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Paediatrics IV, Division of Neuropediatrics, Austria
    • ,
  • Thaddaeus Gotwald

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Radiology II, Austria
    • ,
  • Josef Marksteiner

      Affiliations

    • Innsbruck Medical University, Clinical Department of Psychiatry, Austria
    • ,
  • Guilherme Wood

      Affiliations

    • University of Salzburg, Department of Psychology, Austria
    • University of Salzburg, Center for Neurocognitive Research, Austria

Received 8 January 2007 ,Revised 30 April 2007 ,Accepted 29 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.11.009

Cortex
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