Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 507-521 , April 2010

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

  • Eric D. Leshikar

      Affiliations

    • Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Angela H. Gutchess

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Brandeis University and Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew C. Hebrank

      Affiliations

    • Center for Brain Health and University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Bradley P. Sutton

      Affiliations

    • Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Denise C. Park

      Affiliations

    • Center for Brain Health and University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Brain Health, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2200 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA.

Received 9 November 2008 ,Revised 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.07.011

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