Age-related neural dedifferentiation in the motor system.

Recent neuroimaging studies using multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) show that distributed patterns of brain activation elicited by different visual stimuli are less distinctive in older adults than in young adults. However, less is known about the effects of aging on the neural representation of m...

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Main Authors: Joshua Carp, Joonkoo Park, Andrew Hebrank, Denise C Park, Thad A Polk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3245287?pdf=render