Investigating the aging brain …
Before examining pathological processes, one has to understand the normal functioning of the brain. Additionally, one should explore changes during cognitive development and healthy aging. The project addresses these issues by investigating the neural correlates of attention and executive functions during adolescence and aging with optical imaging (functional NIRS) and fMRI. In particular, we apply tests investigating functions of the frontal lobes, for example, the Stroop color word interference and Stop signal task.
Related references:
Stroop interference, hemodynamic response and aging: An event-related fMRI study. Neurobiology of Aging 28 (6), pp. 937 - 946 (2007)
Prefrontal brain activation during stop-signal response inhibition: An event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Behavioural Brain Research 176 (2), pp. 259 - 266 (2007)
Prefrontal activation due to Stroop interference increases during development-an event-related fNIRS study. NeuroImage 23 (4), pp. 1317 - 1325 (2004)
Age dependency of the hemodynamic response as measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. NeuroImage 19 (3), pp. 555 - 564 (2003)
Near-infrared spectroscopy can detect brain activity during a color-word matching Stroop task in an event-related design. Human Brain Mapping 17 (1), pp. 61 - 71 (2002)