2012
The effects of age on cerebral activations: internally versus externally driven processes
Hu S, Chao H, Winkler AD, Li CS. The effects of age on cerebral activations: internally versus externally driven processes. Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience 2012, 4: 4. PMID: 22536185, PMCID: PMC3334814, DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingCerebral activationRegional brain activationAge-related decreaseCognitive processesPrepotent responsesPsychological constructsCognitive functioningSignal taskBrain activationGo trialsFMRI dataGo signalSE trialsEffect of ageImaging literatureYoung adultsStop signalHealthy adultsInfluence of ageSeeming inconsistencyAdultsMagnetic resonance imagingYears of ageFunctioning
2009
Activation of the pre-supplementary motor area but not inferior prefrontal cortex in association with short stop signal reaction time – an intra-subject analysis
Chao H, Luo X, Chang J, Li CS. Activation of the pre-supplementary motor area but not inferior prefrontal cortex in association with short stop signal reaction time – an intra-subject analysis. BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10: 75. PMID: 19602259, PMCID: PMC2719646, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStop-signal reaction timeRight inferior prefrontal cortexStop-signal taskPre-supplementary motor areaShorter stop-signal reaction timesInferior prefrontal cortexSignal reaction timePrefrontal cortexResponse inhibitionMotor areaMiddle/posterior cingulate cortexMotor response inhibitionInferior frontal cortexRegional brain activationStop-signal inhibitionLonger stop-signal reaction timesInhibitory motor controlPosterior cingulate cortexMedial prefrontal cortexReaction timeGreater activityAttentional monitoringNeural processesSignal taskBrain activation